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Preliminary indications were that the problem might be with an open circuit rather than the gauges themselves -- perhaps a spliced line or bad connector -- which would be easier to fix.
Mission managers met well into the evening, debating how best to proceed with the countdown.
They decided to forgo a Friday launch attempt to give engineers more time to figure out what was wrong and resolve the trouble.
"We need more time," said LeRoy Cain, chairman of the mission management team.
Launch director Doug Lyons said he was hopeful the launch team would get another crack at getting Atlantis off the pad before the end of next week.
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