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New Shuttle Fuel Tanks Ready

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-run-suv-for-two-hours dept.

confusion writes "NASA has completed the redesigned fuel tanks for the Shuttle scheduled to for launch in May or June of this year. "On the new tank, NASA has reconfigured the struts and fittings where foam was prone to peeling off, and installed heaters to prevent ice from forming. The new tank has cameras that will allow ground workers to monitor for damage as the shuttle ascends.""

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  1. Slow Slashdot editors by Blitzenn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This was news last week, not today. Week old news posted as headlines is sad. Very very sad.

  2. cheaper way by oliverthered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, a cheaper way to prevent many of the deaths of soldiers in Iraq would have been to never invade.

    Since when did Cheap and NASA ever go together.

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  3. Re:Here's some help with the bearproof suit. by Torontoman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Agreed - Well, it might not be the calibre as much as the damage the bullet does. The bullet from an AK 47 seems to only make a hole in one end and the same sized hole in the exit side. A big game hunting gun can go in a small hole and come out the other side of a moose (or bear) making an exit hole the size of a basketball.