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Foam Gluing Flaw Killed Columbia Astronauts

Posted by michael on from the didn't-use-krazy-glue dept.

Freshly Exhumed writes "Now it can be told: NASA's Columbia Accident Investigation Board has blamed the faulty application of insulating foam for the loss of the Columbia orbiter. From the chief engineer for the external tanks project: '...NASA concluded after extensive testing that the process of applying some sections of foam by hand with spray guns was at fault.' And further: 'It was not the fault of the guys on the floor; they were just doing the process we gave them'."

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  1. why this is slashdot.. by zoloto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that's we have the:
    from the didn't-use-krazy-glue dept

    You must be new here (sans Low UID)

  2. My kingdom for a NAIL .... again ?. by Gopal.V · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok, so it was originally "my kingdom for a horse" ..

    The devil is in the details

    (insert another cliche here)

    But the moral of the story is be it a ";" or a bit of glue , everything matters (or doesn't in a cosmic sense)

    --
    Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur