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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. I only wish Commercial airliners took this care by zaqattack911 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can't help but wonder (especially with the airliner industry losing serious money) how much they make regular thourough checks of commercial jets? Especially those old ones that have been running non-stop for the last 25 years.

    Almost everytime some jet crashes, and 200+ people die in an instant... they end up not having a clue what happened, covering it up, and move along.

    Cocksuckers.

  2. Girls beware! by bozojoe · · Score: 0, Troll

    I put foam in my pants AND I run fast

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    lick the cancle button (at least thats what our Chinese QA says)