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Page 6 The Battalion Tuesday, February 21! fuesd Time runs out for Discovery; crew abandons plans to release satellite P( The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After three frustrat ing days. Discovery's crew gave up Monday on cast ing a satellite into space, one of the main purposes of the mission. And they couldn't get through to Mars. Mars, Pa., that is. Astronaut Ronald Sega, who's in charge of the trouble-plagued satellite, had little to say when Mis sion Control informed him flight directors were call ing it quits and that the craft would remain aboard Discovery. But the tone of his voice said it all. "Yeah, we copy," Sega said quietly. Sega and Discovery's five other crew members, including Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, had been trying since Saturday to deploy the Wake Shield Facility, a $13.5 million steel disk on which physicists hoped to grow pure semiconductor film. Researchers said high-quality samples, if obtained, could have led to more advanced electronics, includ ing faster computers. The crew encountered one problem after another: glare from the sun, radio interference and, finally, a failed guidance sensor. After hours of debate by flight controllers over whether to release the Wake Shield as is, time ran out. Monday afternoon was NASA's last chance; the shuttle mission isschej; to end Friday. Controllers could not be certain the WakeSf; would remain steady in flight, given thebadhor; sensor. An unstable satellite would jeopardize whale film growth could be achieved at this point and; sibly prevent the crew from retrieving the call the trip home. BRC enalt questh :harge er's e? Dor : ortun< COWRIE & FRIES* 1/3 lb. Hamburger Large Order of French Fries BUILD IT YOURSELF! 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