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NASA's Foam Test Offers Lesson in Kinetic Energy

Posted by michael on from the school-of-hard-knocks dept.

Puneet submitted a followup story on the foam test that NASA conducted to get an idea of what sort of damage could be caused by foam falling off the shuttle fuel tank at launch. As it turns out: a lot.

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  1. Re:Yuck it up... by grub · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    Seven astronauts lost their lives in this tragedy

    Yes, and they were aware of the risks when they signed up. Joking or being serious doesn't change the fact they all died.

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  2. Re:Uh... by meme_vector · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The upward velocity is less than 1000 mph, but it's total velocity is approximately 1000 mph since my shelf (and every other item on Earth) travel about 25,000 per day as part of the planet's rotation.

    My shelf came from Home Depot.

  3. Re:is it time to ban nerf guns then ... by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My intuitive sense of spelling says that you're definitely an idiot.

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