ASBESTOS WARNING
NASA may have to requalify the insulation it uses to protect the solid rocket motor cases on its space shuttle fleet from the burning solid fuel inside. ATK Thiokol Propulsion has been buying asbestos insulation from Canada's Jeffrey Asbestos Mine for at least 27 years, and the mine is closing. U.S...
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