NASA elects to fly Discovery with current ice/frost ramp
NASA has decided to fly shuttle Discovery on its next mission without modifying the ice/frost ramp on the shuttle's external tank, which engineers have targeted as the next area of concern for foam debris shedding. The ice/frost ramps are ice-preventing buildups of foam that cover metal brackets...
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