Perhaps too much celebration, and not enough careful eye. Sure, it was awesome to hear the Shuttle is now flying, and it’s now extremely disappointing that the Shuttles have been indefinately grounded once again due to camera footage showing foam insulation breaking off the main fuel tank from Wednesday’s Discovery launch. Apparently, the foam did not hit the orbiter, but it was just this kind of incident that led to the dissintigration of Columbia.
Time will tell if Discovery comes back safely in 11 days, and how long it is before the next Shuttle launch happens.
Abundance of caution is good, just frustrating. 🙂