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Shuttle Fleet Upgraded

Posted by michael on from the shuttle-2.0 dept.

angel'o'sphere writes "Space.com reports that the shuttle fleet will be upgraded with more technology, like new sensors to detect debris hits on the wings, etc. Also, the foam causing the Columbia accident (intended to insulate the tank and prevent the formation of ice) will be replaced by: heaters. I wonder if heating up a tank with liquid oxygen is a bright idea."

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  1. A more important question.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Would you hit it?

    Yes or no?

  2. OT sig by John+Courtland · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You liked Waking Life? Which parts were your favorite? I like/remember a few of the converstaions, esp the one about the thought that we have no free will, since everything is just determined by what its quantum states are, and the lucid dreaming one. However, the animation made me sick to my stomach and I went to see it with a badly scratched cornea, so I was in debilitating pain the whole time.

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