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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (243279)	7/25/2005 7:48:08 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1573927

No necessarily grounded, but just different potentials between them. Or different return paths. Just seems to be a good place for arcing to occur during any vibration. Why would they rely upon the tank anyway for a return path? Most automobile gas tanks are metal mounted to the metal frame, no sparky there I would think. I wouldn't get on the damn thing....they still don't know what is wrong. cnn.com For the past few days, workers have been zeroing in on suspect grounding in Discovery's aft fuselage and possible electromagnetic interference from shuttle equipment that could be exacerbating the problem. It's virtually impossible to recreate the environment in which last week's problem occurred, officials said, without loading Discovery's tank with fuel and turning on all the systems. "We have a lot of confidence in what they're doing," Collins said, "and we think they have a great plan that they're going forward with." </I.>