Xinhua - English: "Likely cause of space shuttle trouble found: NASA
www.chinaview.cn 2005-12-04 18:13:48
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (Xinhuanet)-- Engineers have found the most likely answer to why the insulating foam outside the fuel tank broke off during the space shuttle launch, according to Michael Griffin, administrator of US space agency NASA.
Super-cooling of the external fuel tank may have led to cracks in the insulating foam, when it was filled with liquid propellant, making it vulnerable to falling off, Griffin told Saturday's Los Angeles Times."
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