31.   It will also equip Mir with a permanent docking port for five more shuttle flights with visiting astronauts.

32.   Its report said the cost could well go higher if the schedule slips further or more shuttle flights are required.

33.   Its liftoff had been scheduled for Saturday before the O-ring problems emerged from the last two shuttle flights.

34.   Mission commander Steve Oswald assured ground controllers Friday that Endeavour should have no difficulty meeting its goal of becoming the longest shuttle flight ever.

35.   More scans of the area are planned on the upcoming shuttle flight to fill in gaps in the imagery.

36.   Most significant was the discovery in late July that O-ring seals in the solid rocket booster nozzles had sustained slight burn damage during two previous shuttle flights.

37.   NASA will likely have to reduce the number of shuttle flights and scale back the assembly of the space station, at least temporarily.

38.   NASA is also planning shuttle flights in September and a high priority mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

39.   My last shuttle flight was even easier.

40.   NASA also wants a vehicle in which fuel tanks are contained within the spacecraft, thereby avoiding the waste of an external fuel tank on each shuttle flight.