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* Fuel sensor glitch delays Atlantis launch

Stu Reeves

Not very technical 

Joke

Everyone know, give the dial a little tap and it will show the correct level...durrr..

Fraser

I feel their pain 

I had the same thing with my old Vauxhall Corsa, it can really knacker your day.

That said, I suspect a space shuttle will handle a roundabout better than a Corsa... It'd probably do it without rolling over, or blowing up.

Scott Broukell

Morris Minor problem 

Unhappy

I experienced similar fuel sensor glitches on an old moggy. It ran on lead-free after some tinkering but then the fuel guage went completely bonkers! So I removed the offending systems completely and kept an accurate record with pen and paper (remember them). Of course, there was a backup system (petrol can), in the boot at all times! Corrosion finally got to the 'ol gal sadly, despite lashings of WD40 and TLC...sniff sniff. Oh! how the simple things in life can bring so much more enjoyment without the tenacious interferrings of on-board engine management systems.

Stu

grammar check! 

Alien

>...after the failure of two of four sensors which monitor liquid hydrogen levels in the vessel's fuel tank...

You mean wessel.

Anonymous Coward

Running on Windows ? 

Happy

May be they should try running the sensors off a Linux box ...

Brian

Poindexter? 

I bet that guy was beat up a lot in school

Anonymous Coward

Rickety death trap 

Flame

Shuttles never were a good idea should have been scrapped long ago.

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