Runaway Runways: Why You Can't Stop

When an airliner slides off the end of a runway, the NTSB often calls upon NASA for help. Why? The ``space agency'' actually has a history of researching runway surface conditions going back to joint projects with the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s. It seems that with the higher tire pressures and...

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