Anyone rejoicing over the space shuttle's safe return, as a catharsis of earlier disaster, would do well to recapitulate a mite. Consider the following: a. NASA ultimately launched on the basis of the mission entailing acceptable risk, a stance only adopted after having been unable to resolve the issue of foam detaching from the external tank on launch. The Launch Director later pointed out somewhat misleadingly that the small pieces of iced up foam that detached did so this time…
Shuttle Misinformation?
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