Lockheed Martin Tank Foam Increasingly Suspect in Columbia Accident
Fatal Impact Columbia accident investigators late last week were preparing for the first critical foam firing tests against orbiter reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) leading edge panels, after an identical test against fiberglass panels from the orbiter Enterprise caused significant wing damage...
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