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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. First! by hdd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    give me 5!

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    This Sig is removed due to factual inaccuracy
    1. Re:First! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      As you requested, here is your 120

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frosty it is. I say it is so

  3. If this was fark by astrotek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it would have an obvious tag.

  4. 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)

  5. Everyone already knows... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone knows the astronauts were killed by the U.S. Government to hide the fact the mission was to start an interstellar war with aliens.

  6. crazy glue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they should've used Crazy Glue coz it's the best.

  7. 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)

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