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Wraith
Zen Riot Activist
Member # 779

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Looks like it was the foam insulation after all.

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"I am an almost extinct breed, an old-fashioned gentleman, which means I can be a cast-iron son-of-a-bitch when it suits me." --Jubal Harshaw

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Styrofoaman
Active Member
Member # 706

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quote:
...a piece of foam was fired at high speeds into a wing panel of a similar shuttle, blowing open a large hole.

Hope they remember to fix that before they attempt to launch it.

Serves them right for going to a cheaper foam. Cost cutting run amok. Gaaah. [Mad]

Did they learn a lession this time?

Doubt it. [Roll Eyes]

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Like A Bat Out Of Hell...

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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
Member # 256

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NASA SHOULD BUY FROM YOU !!

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Styrofoaman
Active Member
Member # 706

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Uh, sure. I'll supply them with styrofoam plates and plastic bottles.

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Lee
I'm a spy now. Spies are cool.
Member # 393

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You might also want to bid for the individual plastic urinary receptacles as well. . .

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Doctor Jonas
Active Member
Member # 481

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From the title thread and subsequent phrase leading to the article, I thought some drug cartel 'capo' died in a plane with the same insulation that the former shuttlecraft Columbia used... what a disappointment.

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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
astronauts gotta get paid
Member # 239

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I THINK NASA KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT PLASTICS !!

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AndrewR
Resident Nut-cache
Member # 44

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Originally posted by Styrofoaman:
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Did they learn a lession this time?

Doubt it.

Lesson or Lesion?

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Styrofoaman
Active Member
Member # 706

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Hmmmm...

4+ years of collage and I still can't spell right. [Big Grin]

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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
astronauts gotta get paid
Member # 239

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Glueing paper probably doesn't much have to do with spelling.

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Veers
You first
Member # 661

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I wish more shuttles were named after crime-infested Third World countries...

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Meh

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Fabrux
Epic Member
Member # 71

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Actually, I think the shuttle was Columbia and the country is Colombia...

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Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343

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Well DONE, 007! You've succeeded in noticing the obvious fact which we all somehow missed! Take the week off utnil we call you & interrupt your plans with Sylvia Trench once again.

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newark
Active Member
Member # 888

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In 2000, the shuttle Atlantis OV-104 suffered a hull breach upon re-entry. She survived. Her sister ship wasn't as lucky.

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
Member # 30

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Tilted exclamation marks get a thumbs up from me.

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