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Space Shuttle to Receive Emegency Repairs

Posted by timothy on from the friendly-callers dept.

Tycow writes "The BBC are reporting that Discovery needs emergency repairs - dangling material has been spotted on the belly of the shuttle, and NASA are worried they could cause overheating on re-entry. 'Nasa is concerned the dangling material - called gap fillers - could cause part of the shuttle to overheat as it re-enters the atmosphere.The type of repairs being planned have never been conducted by astronauts on a spacewalk before.'"

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  1. EPA destoyed Columbia and grounds Shuttle Fleet by lrohrer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Very simply under Clinton the EPA refused to let NASA use Freon to apply the foam to the H2 tank. Since NASA is a socialist organization they could not fight it. I tried posting this a THE story earlier today:
    http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/28/93055 .shtml

    Perhaps Big Brother will censor it.