TOOL FOR THE FUTURE

NASA might want to look at carrying the XSS-10 to check the inflight condition of the shuttle heat tiles. If the technology had been available for this Columbia flight, it might have helped save the crew. Tom Bargeron Birmingham, Ala.

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