Engineers Ponder Importance of Cracks Found in Shuttle External Tank Foam

NASA engineers think cryogenic temperatures and pressurization may cause cracks in the space shuttle external tank's foam protuberance airload ramps when the tank is on the launch pad. But they don't yet know if the cracks have any connection with pieces of foam falling off during ascent. The...

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