Shuttle Probe Intensifies
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board is considering whether small but critical "gap-seal tiles" that bridge the orbiter's reinforced carbon-carbon leading edge with larger tiles on the lower wing surface could have failed after being struck by foam from the Lockheed Martin external tank. Damage...
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