Shuttle team to review interim ice/frost ramp redesign
Space shuttle managers will head to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 13 to assess an interim redesign of the external tank's worrisome ice/frost ramps and decide whether or not it is an improvement over continuing to fly the ramps as-is. The ice/frost ramps -- buildups of...
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