[cfgeeks] Why is it so tough to launch a shuttle?

[Jonathan Damron]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=sci_tech&id=4836382

This is interesting -- I thought the whole Y2K issue was long over with. 
"No matter what happens, NASA wants Discovery back on Earth by midnight 
on New Years' Eve. All three shuttles have mandatory Y2K + 7 software 
upgrades that NASA does not want to make while a shuttle is in flight."

Jonathan