CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA gave the shuttle Discovery a majestic Fourth of July send-off and said early signs showed the spacecraft to be in good shape, despite once again being struck by the flying foam that has plagued the program.
The first-ever Independence Day manned launch came after two weather delays and over objections from those within NASA who argued for more fuel-tank repairs.
Shuttle managers said early video images of liftoff showing small pieces of foam breaking away - and one even striking the spacecraft - were not troubling.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said of the launch: "They don't get much better than this."
It was Griffin who …
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