'Playing the Odds' With Space Debris
Credit: UNIVERSITY OF DENVER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
NASA investigation teams last week were reassessing potential risks associated with damage to space shuttle tiles and reinforced carbon-carbon leading edges caused by orbital debris. Other experts expressed concern that the known statistical odds of catastrophic failure due to a debris impact...
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