Columbia Probe Shifts
In a major development, the Columbia accident board is now focusing on the separation or fracture of a wing T-seal as a scenario that could have opened a 1-in.-wide vertical slit in the orbiter's leading edge where reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) panels are joined together end-to-end. The fracture or...
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