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Sunday, August 12, 2007
The shuttle Endeavor apparently has some broken heat-sheild tiles that were damaged from falling foam....AGAIN! For rocket scientists they seem to be getting beat by simple falling foam. Is it so hard to realize "oh maybe we should COVER the foam insulation on the external tank"? I have a hard time believing coating that tank in a layer of plastic or some other lightweight covering would add enough weight to prevent it from lifting off. Clearly leaving the foam exposed is a dumb idea! Then again maybe they just want a temporary fix rather than permanent since they will be retiring the shuttle for an apollo like launch vehicle (also not the greatest idea fiscally).
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