I hope I'm wrong...

...but I don't think I like where this is going:

UPDATE (8/3/05; 9:30 a.m. ET): Well, the repair job was a success. Now, we just need Discovery to get home safely.

NASA to conduct spacewalk to mend shuttle

8/1/2005, 7:34 p.m. ET
By MARCIA DUNN
The Associated Press

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — NASA announced Monday that an astronaut will perform a spacewalk to fix two worrisome pieces of filler material protruding from Discovery's belly — a high-stakes operation to repair a problem that could threaten the shuttle during re-entry...

...it will be a largely unrehearsed operation, with the risk that the astronauts might accidentally damage Discovery's fragile thermal shield and make matters worse.

"The biggest thing that everybody's concerned about is doing no harm," said Mission Control spacewalk officer Cindy Begley.

Nevertheless, she said she was not overly concerned about the potential repair.

"It's not actually that bad," she said. All spacewalks are risky, she said, adding, "It's just new stuff we've never done before."

Before space shuttle Discovery took off on this mission, I told people I had a bad feeling another disaster might take place...I'm starting to think it might actually happen.

Again, I hope I am wrong.

Hmm...here's something interesting from NASA...Gap Filler Repair Techniques