NASA: Shuttle Escaped Damage From Foam
Let’s hope that Discovery is safe from the same fate as Columbia. With more foam falling from the shuttle during lift off, NASA has since grounded all other space flight missions. This is not looking good for the future. What needs to be done is to design and get a few new shuttles and retire the old ones (that are 20 years old, and were only built to last about 10 years).
SPACE CENTER, Houston - Space shuttle Discovery escaped damage from the potentially deadly chunk of foam that broke off from the fuel tank during liftoff, but may have been struck in the wing by a much smaller piece, NASA said Thursday.
