“See how shiny your toys look when they are taken care of?”

In a move that could set back their expected space launch, NASA left a fuel tank outside only to let it suffer damage from an isolated hail storm. The external fuel tank was discovered to have multiple dents and dings all over its external foam top. As to why the tank was left out two weeks before launch and left outside is beyond anyone’s guess. Remember when your mom told you to put your bike in the garage or in the house because it was about to rain and you didn’t listen? Then you would have a get a new chain for $50. This is almost the same thing, except with a price increase of $349,999,950. What did NASA have to say for itself? NASA shuttle program manager, Wayne Hale, said:

There might be some small effect to a couple of the later flights, but by the time we roll around to the end of the year, I expect we would be fully able to catch up.

And what is NASA’s punishment, grounded for a month. Now go to your hanger Wayne and think about what you’ve done!

Actual info from: here