NASA wants the shuttle flying by year's end, if possible.

NASA Chief Michael Griffin said Friday he hasn't given up on launching another space shuttle later this year, despite suspending flights until the space agency can stop foam insulation from snapping off and threatening the spacecraft. He said he has set up a "tiger team" to try to solve the problem as quickly as possible. "We don't expect this to be a long drawn-out affair," he said by telephone from Washington in a briefing with reporters in Houston.

My concern? You've had this problem for a quarter century, and it contributed to one horrible accident. Two years of work didn't fix the problem. What makes you think you can get it fixed in time for a year-ending launch?

Please understand that I want to see it happen, but I also recognize that another catastrophic failure will have dire results for NASA and the manned space flight program.

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