Damn druggies bringing crack to space, i always knew U.S. was the biggest drug dealer in the world now they want to bring it to the people of space, of course im joking, but the title of their story made me think of something else :lol: damn crackheads
Crack found in foam on shuttle fuel tank By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago
NASA managers weren't ruling out a Fourth of July launch for space shuttle Discovery on Monday, even after inspectors found a crack in the insulating foam on its external fuel tank.
Officials said they needed more time to evaluate the problem and planned to meet again Monday evening to decide whether to go ahead with the launch.
The space agency's engineers believe the crack was caused by the expanding and shrinking of the tank as it was fueled with supercold propellant, which also caused a 3-inch-long triangle-shaped piece of foam to fall off the area and land on a platform below.
The piece of foam was too small to have caused damage if it had fallen during the launch, said John Shannon, deputy manager of the shuttle program.
"What we think happened yesterday, when we had all of that rain, we had condensation," Shannon said. "It's very cold. It froze."
NASA technicians planned to continue loading fuel into Discovery's power system.
"We want to make sure we understand all the considerations that caused this," said John Chapman, shuttle tank manager.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ace_shuttle_77
Crack found in foam on shuttle fuel tank By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago
NASA managers weren't ruling out a Fourth of July launch for space shuttle Discovery on Monday, even after inspectors found a crack in the insulating foam on its external fuel tank.
Officials said they needed more time to evaluate the problem and planned to meet again Monday evening to decide whether to go ahead with the launch.
The space agency's engineers believe the crack was caused by the expanding and shrinking of the tank as it was fueled with supercold propellant, which also caused a 3-inch-long triangle-shaped piece of foam to fall off the area and land on a platform below.
The piece of foam was too small to have caused damage if it had fallen during the launch, said John Shannon, deputy manager of the shuttle program.
"What we think happened yesterday, when we had all of that rain, we had condensation," Shannon said. "It's very cold. It froze."
NASA technicians planned to continue loading fuel into Discovery's power system.
"We want to make sure we understand all the considerations that caused this," said John Chapman, shuttle tank manager.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ace_shuttle_77
