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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 spakka · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seven astronauts lost their lives in this tragedy and all of the posts I've seen are dumb-assed jokes.

    Compared to Challenger, this shuttle loss has been notable for its lack of jokes.