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Old 6th February 2003 | 08:41
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2WingsOnMyWagon
 
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Just seen this on ceefax:

NASA REJECTS U.S. SHUTTLE DAMAGE THEORY

A piece of insulating foam is no longer thought to have caused the break-up of the Columbia space shuttle, Nasa says

The probe had focused on damage to tiles under the left wing, which it was thought could have caused by a chunk of foam insulation on take-off.

But Nasa said the foam debris was neither heavy enough nor traveling fast enough to cause the damage.

The probe will now focus on the automatic control system.

BBC News / In depth, shuttle disaster
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