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- http://tinyurl.com/zun37
June 26, 2006
"After Discovery's 2005 flight, NASA discovered that insulation around the wiring had trapped air, which turned to a liquid in the cold and filled tiny voids in the foam. As the pressure changed during launch, the liquid transitioned to gas and popped off pieces of foam. But the foam debris issue still has not been resolved. And NASA's top safety official, along with its chief engineer, both recently voted against clearing Discovery for its July 1 launch. They were overruled by NASA administrator Michael Griffin and other top managers... When 2.5 million moving parts catapult through the atmosphere, the odds of something going terribly wrong remain a sobering one in 100, said shuttle program manager Wayne Hale."
