Friday, July 14, 2006
HOUSTON - Astronauts aboard shuttle Discovery ready to leave the International Space Station on Friday as ground control teams revamped landing plans to handle a tiny leak in one of the ship's power generators.
Managers consider the leak is unimportant but because there is not enough proof, they are proceeding cautiously.
"It's a coin flip," said deputy space shuttle plan manager John Shannon.
The shuttle has three power units wanted to move the body flaps, speed brakes and other grave landing gear. It could securely land with just one, though two or more make for greater control, Shannon said.
"We don't have enough information to say whether the leak is hydrazine or nitrogen,"Shannon said. "If it got bigger, it would be an issue. You just don't want hydrazine in the aft (engine compartment). You don't want it anywhere."
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