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09:27, August 08, 2007 |
The space shuttle Endeavour has been cleared for liftoff and is "good to go" after a computer sabotaged by a disgruntled worker for a NASA supplier was repaired and loaded aboard for a Wednesday launch.
A top NASA manager said Monday that it was apparently an isolated event and there was no reason to believe anyone had tampered with anything else on the spacecraft.
"We have found no other areas of concern," space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said. "We have thoroughly reviewed all the parts made by that contractor and gone back through our records to make sure that all the orbiter systems on board Endeavour thoroughly check out."
The computer is being delivered to the international space station, and will not be used by the shuttle. Its wires were cut by an employee for Invocon Inc., a research and development company near Houston.
NASA's inspector general office is continuing to investigate. Invocon has yet to identify the culprit, a company spokesman said Monday. The company notified NASA last month after discovering damage to a similar computer that was not intended to fly.
Besides wireless data collection systems for the space station, Invocon also provides sensor systems for the shuttle wings that are intended to detect any potentially dangerous strikes by debris.
Hale said the problem has been "dealt with appropriately."
Source:Xinhua/agencies
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