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#76 2006-10-06 14:54:58
- noosfractal
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Re: Next Shuttle Launch: Late 2006?
NASA finds tiny hole in shuttle Atlantis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061006/ap_ … _shuttle_3
NASA workers inspecting space shuttle Atlantis this week discovered that a tiny piece of space debris had punched a hole in a radiator panel during the shuttle's recent mission, but officials said the damage never endangered the crew.
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wasn't clear exactly what the object was
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The impact left a hole about one-tenth of an inch in diameter
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#77 2006-10-06 15:54:54
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Re: Next Shuttle Launch: Late 2006?
As the hole "didn't endanger the spacecraft or the crew, nor did it affect mission operations" perhaps they should make many more of them and save excess weight 
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