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NASA's Foam Test Offers Lesson in Kinetic Energy

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. frist spot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frost spit

  2. Second post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Second Post!

  3. Quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mark's Dental-Chair Discovery: Dentists are incapable of asking questions that require a simple yes or no answer.

    Slashdot is a hotbed of rabid anti-dentites!!!

  4. Re:Yuck it up... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Nice troll. Now shut the fuck up, cocksmoker.

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  5. Re:Nice troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're a sick fuck

    So is your mom, but you don't hear me complaining.

  6. 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.
  7. Not a troll... by fmaxwell · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Excellent patriotic troll.

    It's neither patriotism nor a troll. What kind of sick bastard thinks it is a "troll" to ask that respect be shown for those who lost their lives in this tragedy?

  8. Re:How about... SUCK ME by fmaxwell · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You moron...

    I am far more intelligent than you are -- as you so aptly proved in that post.

    Humor is a great way to get over tragic events.

    There is a big difference between using humor about the incident as a coping mechanism and just making dumb-assed jokes about nerf balls and styrofoam falling off of shelves.

  9. Re:How about... SUCK ME by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL, yeah... and your post did so well...

    What's the score???? -1????

    HAHA, loser...