On Wednesday, Nasa flight director John Shannon said photographs of the shuttle taken by the crew had found no apparent damage.

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Mr. JOHN SHANNON (Mission Management Team): You know, nobody is going to remember that we scrubbed a day or two days a year from now.

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On March 5th the House oversight committee heard testimony from John Shannon, an infantry sergeant who was shot in the head near the Saddam Mosque in Ramadi, causing brain trauma and the loss of an eye.

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