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jim3775 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 12:29 PM
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Space Shuttle: Protruding protection blanket deemed safe
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/status.html

"NO FOURTH SPACEWALK. The Mission Management Team has ruled that the damaged white thermal blanket near the left-hand cockpit window does not pose a safety threat for Discovery's return to Earth. Mission Control just radioed the shuttle crew with the news that a fourth spacewalk will not be necessary to deal with the blanket.

NASA plans a mission status briefing at 3 p.m. EDT to provide more details."

There have been extensive tests throughout the night including attaching a similar piece of material to an airplane and flying it from Florida to California. That piece was also tested in a wind tunnel throughout the night.

Please don't listen to the alarmist news reports; they are frequently wrong and have no idea what they are talking about.
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