March 12, 2008
Foam Strike?
Shuttle prepares to deliver Japanese lab to space station, LA Times via Boston Globe
"NASA safety officials were reviewing video and photographs of the launch, but it appeared there was only one significant incident of insulating foam coming off the giant fuel tank that the shuttle is strapped to like a bull-rider. The chunk of foam came off at about 83 seconds into the launch, when atmospheric forces are near their maximum. Any foam coming off the tank then would be accelerated to potentially damaging speeds."
Posted by kcowing at March 12, 2008 11:36 AM
