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Up until now, the focus of the Atlantis space mission has been on the Hubble telescope that its crew is being dispatched to repair. That changed for CBS' Daniel Sieberg and NBC's Jay Barbree. They both covered the Space Shuttle itself. CBS' Sieberg told us about "a string of nicks about 21 inches long on the underwing" that were caused by a gouge from falling insulating foam some 106 seconds after liftoff. "It is not a showstopper yet, but it could be," NBC's Barbree warned. The damage will be scrutinized by lasers to make sure it is not too deep. As for Hubble, CBS anchor Katie Couric asked in-house consultant Bill Harwood (at the tail of the Sieberg videostream) why NASA is spending $1bn to make such risky repairs: "The pictures from Hubble are in everything from college textbooks to kindergarten books. It has revolutionized optical astronomy," Harwood exclaimed. ABC, whose Rescue Mission series on Hubble ran Thursday, Friday and Monday, skipped a day.
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