Foam Cracks May Delay Shuttle Launch, Washington Post

“We don’t give direction by e-mail,” Hale said. “We will have a formal board meeting to review this.” The e-mail, he added, “is not a decision, but a notice to my folks that tells them ‘this is the way I’m thinking; this is the way I’m leaning. Talk me into it, or talk me out of it.’ “

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