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NASA: the risk rate of Discovery mission is 1%
Cape Canaveral, USA - The shuttle will be launched Saturday, despite doubts
The launch of Discovery will occur next Saturday from Cape Canaveral base (Florida) if there are no weather complications and NASA estimates the mission risk rate: one chance in a hundred for the 7 astronauts to die in space. So there is a risk and it increased compared to initial estimations of shuttle programme (1 in 7000). However, despite doubts of two US Space Agency security officers, the launch...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency