I don't blame them.

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I don't blame them.

et — 4/1/2009 12:19:16 AM (archived)

Reminds me of when Gary was waxing about the shuttle, had the structure been built out of titanium instead of aluminum. The pentagon's probably used to dealing with more robust hardware.

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STS-27 was almost lost on re-entry. - et - 3/31/2009 3:28:00 PM
- GREAT post, an amazing read! (n/t) - phil - 3/31/2009 11:08:40 PM
- And NASA learned exactly what? Is there an excuse for the next tragedy? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/31/2009 6:09:03 PM
  - Perhaps because Atlantis survived in 1988, NASA wasn't too worried about the foam for Columbia during the flight in 2003 (n/t) - Raoul - 3/31/2009 8:25:42 PM
- WOW!!!! - carl - 3/31/2009 5:34:08 PM
- Amazing story. Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 3/31/2009 5:27:07 PM
- re: STS-27 was almost lost on re-entry. - Raoul - 3/31/2009 5:22:07 PM
  - Never liked those Black Ops Space Shuttle missions - Socrates II - 3/31/2009 6:15:38 PM
    - re: Never liked those Black Ops Space Shuttle missions - jason - 4/2/2009 4:56:33 AM
      - [Flagged for Off-Topic] - Moderator Nick - 4/3/2009 3:02:11 AM
    - The military didn't especially want them - dtb - 3/31/2009 11:48:39 PM
      - I don't blame them. - et - 4/1/2009 12:19:16 AM
        
        If we had gone with the X-20 - Socrates II - 4/1/2009 12:30:16 PM

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