NASA's new administrator suggested that the foam that came off the space shuttle Discovery two months ago was accidentally cut or crushed by engineers.
He also said that the foam could be damaged merely by someone leaning up against it.
If that's true, then it is going to be impossible to stop wind sheer from tearing foam off the shuttle as it's blasting off.
The g-forces from the lift-off far exceed the weight of a 200 pound scientist leaning up against the shuttle's foam.
This doesn't add up. The only conclusion that can be made is that NASA still doesn't know why the foam is coming off the shuttle during liftoff.
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