In this case, this launch SHOULD be scrubbed because the chief safety officer and chief engineer said that the problems of the gas tanks have NOT been resolved. They recommended that the launch be postponed because they don't want another Columbia disaster. Yet they have been overuled. When Allan Shephard went into space in the early 60s, everybody had to be in agreement, not a majority. But these are different times. They want 16 trips from the remaining space shuttles before 2010 when the fleet is scheduled to be retired. I think they are risking people's lives for the purposes of deadlines, but that can be discussed in Omni....