Word: fixes
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...clear how NASA is going to fix the other birds in the shuttle flock. The tiles on Discovery seem relatively clean, with 80% fewer chips than shuttles usually sustain--a tribute to the strides the engineers have made. But had the big piece of foam broken off lower in the atmosphere, it would have slammed into a wall of thicker air and could have crashed far harder into the ship. NASA doesn't want to rely on luck again...
...Does the fact that they've indefinitely suspended future shuttle missions suggest that they may be facing a problem they can't fix...
...this may well be a problem that they can't fix, although the fact that NASA has stopped future flights also signals the much tighter safety standards that are now in place. Shuttles have been shedding tiles and foam for years, but luck and careful maintenance prevented tragedies. Then Columbia happened. Since then, NASA has narrowed the aperture of danger it is willing to tolerate. The current shuttle, by comparison to some of the previous missions, is remarkably clean despite the foam that fell off. In that respect, it shows that the work of the past two years has produced...
...Many may argue that China's 2.1% revaluation does little to fix the U.S. trade deficit with China or to placate manufacturers that can't compete with cheaper Chinese makers. But there is nothing wrong with a China that goes slowly in feeling its way down the road to currency flexibility. A large move could have tipped the scales toward the more disruptive option?always a risk for a global economy with such massive imbalances. That could have led to a precipitous decline in the dollar, a spike in U.S. interest rates, a collapse in the U.S. property market...
...California, the legislators pick the people, and not the other way around. The Governor’s highest priority this fall is to fix this flawed system. Whether the “Last Action Hero” can use his brawn to make Sacramento a more down-to-earth place is anybody’s guess. But he’s flexing all of his political muscle to make it more democratic...