Shuttle managers slip next EVA a day while deciding on repair
NASA mission managers worked into the evening on Aug. 16 going over computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and arc-jet data to support a decision on whether to try to repair a gouge in the thermal protection tiles on the belly of the space shuttle Endeavour. That attempt would come on Aug. 18...
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