[orionblamblam]

Wow. All these posts... and not a single one (that I saw) pointed out the fact that Columbia used the *OLD* foam.

See:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453018/posts#28

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Orionblamblam,


Wow. All these posts... and not a single one (that I saw) pointed out the fact that Columbia used the *OLD* foam.


You're correct ... the Old Foam (SOFI) was just as screwed-up as Clinton's New Foam ...


NASA's (moral) failues run VERY deep with the Space Shuttle Program ...


I seriously considered reporting all the "distant past" failure history (going back to 1983), as well as attending the congressional hearings, after the Columbia disaster.

Why didn't I ?

Because I'd "never" work again in the U.S. aerospace business. Period.

I've (almost) sacrificed my entire career once (regarding data and warnings about External Tank foam adhesion failures) while working at Martin-Marietta in New Orleans.

All my efforts got me was being completely ignored by NASA ... and one (very long) year of horrendous unemployment.


Never again.


Patton@Bastogne


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[atlaw]

Don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant. NASA has said previously it was aware of four flights since 1983 where foam broke off the shuttle fuel tanks in precisely the same place that it broke off during the Columbia launch, including a 10-day mission to the International Space Station by Atlantis that began Oct. 7, 2002.

But "EPA kills" sounds so much better than "freon-free foam works exactly the same as freon-based foam -- both fall off in chunks."