Shuttle in good shape

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn9855

Target launch date is Sept 6th with three attempts possible.

"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts working to bring to life a new 17 1/2-ton addition to the international space station lost another bolt to the void during a spacewalk early Wednesday."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle_211

Are you kidding me?

This whole space exploration/shuttle travel stuff is becoming a joke. Is Nasa really that sloppy?

Yeah mike,

Not losing anything while you're in bulky spacesuits is very easy todo...

You should know, right?

hmm...according to my post, I never presummed to know that losing a bolt in a bulky spacesuit was common or uncommon.

My whole take is that Space travel/exploration is a MULTI-million dollar operation and they lose bolts? Pieces of aircraft simply fall off? There has been more documented cases of NASA and it's space travel projects having more fauxpas in recent years than in their entire history.

I'm just wondering what the hell is going on? Are they hiring monkeys to do the labor? It's hard to have faith in something like NASA space travel that has trouble keeping track of a simple bolt. I wouldn't think for a second that anyone on the planet would be eager to jump on a spacecraft knowing that a bolt or piece of the craft could fall off or out at any moment...KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED, I guess.