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By Alan Lord CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Routers) – After NASA engineers searched on Thursday for the cause of a fuel-sensor problem that kept space shuttle Discovery from flying, delaying the first shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia accident, the cause was finally found. “It’s the shuttle, stupid,” concluded a grim Buck Halstrom, head of NASA’s RPD (Rockit Procurement Division). “No two ways about it,” he added, “we gotta replace that dang good for nothin’ decrepit sucker with something that works, or we’re outta business.” Shuttle On/Off Switch Installed In order to speed up the Go / No Go decision process for Space Shuttle launches, NASA will install a huge On/Off switch at the base of the rocket booster. “I mean, all of this tedious checklist stuff is nonsense,” said Kip Strongfellow, Nasa’s Shuttle Launch Administrator, “now all we have to do is toss a coin and get a guy to go out to the launch pad, hold out a broom and flick the switch either on or off.” That this latest design modification of the space shuttle could cost up to $120 million doesn’t faze Nasa directors. “It’s a basic safety issue,” added Kip, “you get nervous, you just call the whole thing off. Right on the pad. Beauty.”
