Foam-Shedding Problem on Shuttles Fixed, Nasa Says
Posted on: Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 06:00 CDT
NASA's redesigned space shuttle fuel tanks should no longer shed dangerous pieces of foam when launches resume next spring, officials said yesterday.
But if a shuttle wing is gouged by insulating foam or some other debris during liftoff, astronauts still will not be able to fix a hole the size of the one that brought down Columbia.
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