Panel Finds Launch Risk Down, But CAIB Points Unmet
Mission managers on the upcoming space shuttle flight will have the best view ever of any debris damage to the orbiter's thermal protection system (TPS), but they won't be able to order repairs with real confidence if they spot damage serious enough to trigger a repeat of the 2003 Columbia disaster...
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