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Debris is Shuttle's Biggest Threat

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-my-cars-paint-job-has-the-same-problem dept.

Masq666 writes "Tiny rocks, paint flecks and other fragments of junk whizzing around the Earth pose the greatest threat to the shuttles and the astronauts on board, according to the preliminary results of a new NASA risk study. Even coin sized fragments can cause great damage to a shuttle, and the damage can be lethal, if it hits the windows or the heat shield."

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  1. Uranus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Watch out for that ring of debris around Uranus.

  2. Re:Sounds like a job for... by bsandersen · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think I saw her in Space Balls... SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! SUCK!