Cracks are found in shuttle fuel tank foam (Chron)
Comments(0) NASA has discovered puzzling new cracks in the fuel tank foam insulation whose defects are responsible for the latest grounding of the space shuttle fleet, officials said Tuesday.
[Each time I come across a NASA article, I always think back to high school, when I was on the Forensics team. I remember participating in a mock senate event following Robert’s Rules of Order and our bill was whether or not to continue giving NASA funding. I advocated against it because of its recent setbacks (Hubble Telescope’s lenses were installed backwards then) and overall failure to make significant progress or contribution to our society. Unfortunately, the rest of my Forensics team was on the other side, citing previous successes like microwave ovens. One argument I heard used Star Trek as its example of hope for NASA and although I am a fan of Trek, even that is a faltering argument since Enterprise only made it through Season Four. BK]
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