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149 posted on 06/12/2007 5:13:08 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (My House is Guarded By A Shotgun 3 Days A Week.... Guess Which Days.)

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Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Be Damaged

nbc4.com ^ | 20070612 | NBC News space correspondent Jay Barbree

Posted on 06/12/2007 7:48:53 PM EDT by XBob

Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Be Damaged Meteorite, Space Junk May Have Struck Panels

POSTED: 5:13 pm EDT June 12, 2007 UPDATED: 7:00 pm EDT June 12, 2007 Email This Story | Print This Story Sign Up for Breaking News Alerts WASHINGTON -- A meteorite or space junk may have struck Space Shuttle Atlantis' left wing, according to NBC News space correspondent Jay Barbree.

NASA recorded a hit on reinforced carbon panels 7 and 8 on the left wing. The panels keep heat from re-entry from burning the spacecraft.

... This is the same area where foam damaged Columbia's left wing and caused it to break up, killing its crew on Feb. 1, 2003

150 posted on 06/12/2007 5:17:44 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (My House is Guarded By A Shotgun 3 Days A Week.... Guess Which Days.)

To: rockabyebaby

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

Whoa. 30 seconds at the Wiki article was enough for me to see the guy was a perv.

I’m glad I wasn’t an English lit major.

151 posted on 06/12/2007 5:18:38 PM PDT by fishtank ("Amnesty" and "amnesia" are from the same root word !!!)

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