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Foam Shot Causes Damage to Shuttle Mockup

Posted by michael on from the deploy-foam-cannons-for-homeland-security dept.

DoraLives writes "The New York Times is running a story describing the effects caused by a piece of foam fired at a fiberglass mock up of the Space Shuttle's wing. Although fiberglass is stronger than the RCC material on Columbia's wing, "The impact produced a 22-inch-long gap." Not good."

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  1. Re:"Not Good"? by iannn · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i would hate to be sitting in the international space station right now.