Foam crack examined as NASA readies for launch

Villavic · #1 07-03-2006, 02:24 PM

Foam crack in shuttle fuel tank!!!

I think space missions are getting harder each day, or bad luck.. Well after the last incidents, they MUST verify everything...

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/03

SortaSavageLike · #2 07-03-2006, 02:33 PM

The foam itself isn't really part of the external fuel tank itself. It's a spray-on insulator named as CPR-488. So I don't think it's that big of a problem.