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Shuttle Official Predicts Safe Flight
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Published: October 22, 2007
CAPE CANAVERAL - The NASA official who presided over Columbia's doomed re-entry - and who will make the final call about whether Discovery should launch Tuesday - said that he is confident this will be a safe flight despite lingering questions about wing imperfections.
Shuttle launch manager LeRoy Cain said Sunday he would delay the space station construction mission if he thought Discovery's wings would not hold up during its return from orbit.
Meteorologists said rain and possibly thunderstorms could delay the launch. The odds of acceptable weather for the late morning launch was 60 percent.
The Associated Press
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