When will the environmentalists Stop Killing Astronauts?
Yet again another chuck of foam fell off the Space Shuttle's booster. Luckily this time it did not strike the shuttle. NASA has once again grounded the fleet, and will not perform another launch until they foam problem is 'fixed.'
The solution is already out there, but NASA is too PC to do it. The solution is to go back to Freon based foams. In 1997 NASA switched from Freon Foams, even though they were not required to at the time, and in 2001 the Environmental Protection Agency exempted NASA from the CFC phase-out.
Read more about it here:
posted by Daryl at
4:05 PM
3 Comments:
I'm thinking they probably HAVE gone back to the old foams, as if they had not, it would be a big scandal right now, but instead, there's not a peep about them not using the best foam available.
Do you have any evidence that they haven't gone back to the old foam?
By
Measure, at 8/01/2005 11:25 AM
Here is a more recent article on the topic from newsmax.com
By
Daryl, at 8/01/2005 1:54 PM
Ok, you win, but next time try not to use a 2-year old source for your post...
By
Measure, at 8/02/2005 11:28 AM
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