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at nasa's kennedy space center in

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florida technicians at launch pad 39a

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are working to repair small cracks on

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the tops of two metal support beams

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called stringers on space shuttle

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discovery's external fuel tank teams

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have built an environmental enclosure in

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an area around the stringers which will

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provide the proper temperature and

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humidity when foam insulation is

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reapplied to the tops of the stringers

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following the repairs

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video b-roll includes lipstick camera

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views from inside the enclosure and

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video of a technician holding a new

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section of middle called a doubler that

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will be installed on the stringer as

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part of the repair method it's called a

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doubler because it's twice as thick as

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the original stringer metal

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the stringer crack developed as the

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external tank was being filled for

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discovery's launch attempt on november

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5th for its

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sts-133 mission through the

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international space station

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that launch attempt was scrubbed because

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of a hydrogen gas leak which other

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patty and see if we can't reduce it as

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we go

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she was thinking it was over here in the