NASA to replace risky tank foam; no launch impact seen
Lockheed Martin specialists will remove suspect insulating foam and underlying material from the next space shuttle external tank scheduled to fly, and replace it with foam alone in an effort to avoid the sort of heat-shield damage Endeavour suffered on the STS-118 mission that ended Aug. 21. Wayne...
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