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2005-08-18 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Steve White 2005-08-18 01:21|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How about going back to teh CFC foam that didn't fall off and strike the Craft at launch. Oh that's right it's not PC. That may have got rid of DG but his syncophants are still running the show.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-08-18 01:50|| 2005-08-18 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 How about going back to teh CFC foam that didn't fall off and strike the Craft at launch.

That's what I'd like to know. I suspect that they have no plans to, and will waste more money trying to find a suitable replacement when one already exists.

There's one thing that bothers me though: did the panel even consider suggesting using what worked well before?

The seven task force members said NASA should have done detailed engineering reviews of the investigators' recommendations before committing to launch dates. That way, they said, the agency would have better understood the foam loss and seriously considered other approaches, such as a redesigned fuel tank or hardening the shuttle's skin.

Sounds like the answer is NO.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-18 10:00|| 2005-08-18 10:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Why not go back to the real source of most of the shuttle's problems. The enlightened leaders in Congress in the '70s that shoved the cost restraints down NASA's throat that led ulimately to the losses of Challenger and Columbia.

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-08-18 10:27|| 2005-08-18 10:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Ima starting to get the idea that going Mach 18 is a little on the dangerous side.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-18 19:51|| 2005-08-18 19:51|| Front Page Top

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