WILL DISCOVERY BE THE LAST SHUTTLE FLIGHT ? NASA GROUNDS FUTURE FLIGHTS !

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to discuss the Shuttle with an acquaintance of mine who is a retired NASA engineer who took part in the Columbia investigation. He and other NASA engineers concluded that the Shuttle was not ready because of continuing problems with debris falling off the external fuel tank and made the recommendation to postpone the launch ( July 5 article, "Exclusive - Is The Shuttle Ready"http://theliberalslies.blogspot.com/2005/07/exclusive-is-shuttle-ready.html) As you most likely already know their prediction came true and debris came off the external fuel tank and although the Discovery seems to have suffered no problems because of this NASA has announced that the Shuttle program is grounded. As one NASA official stated today, this and other launches were, "lucky" and it's not worth the risk of the lives of the crew based on luck. What is not widely known or possibly remembered is that the problem of the foam falling off the tank did not exist before 1997. The reason....the covering for the fuel tank prior to 1997 was made with freon and the environmentalist out cry caused NASA to make a political decision and change the make up of the foam covering. The new material has a volatile outer skin which chips off during launch thus causing the problem that destroyed the Columbia and now has grounded the Shuttle program, possibly forever! (Newsmax article 2003 freon and the foam- http://www.papillonsartpalace.com/clintonEPS.htm). What many people do not realize is that the freon,"problem" which the environmentalists insisted was destroying the ozone layer was a falsehood. Freon is heavier than air and cannot rise into the atmosphere ( freon and the atmosphere -http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/environment/ozonefreon_fraud.htm ) therefore the reasons that politically forced NASA to change the foams composition did not truly exist and the Columbia and the grounding of the program have now become the final result! Of course the left and the environmentalists aren't as much concerned about the facts but just pressing the agenda. We at the Liberal Lie are thankful that the Discovery crew are safe and will be able to safely return home but as one who has been an avid follower of the space program since the beginning, this is a sad day for NASA, our country and the future of space exploration!

Ken Taylor