Before the space shuttle Columbia’s disastrous mission in 2003, NASA did not fully recognize the safety risk posed by the shuttle’s protective foam. Following that tragedy, however, NASA buckled down and set to work, trying to come up with solutions. “As soon as NASA saw the foam as a safety problem, it began to identify low-cost, high-benefit changes that could be made,” John Pike, veteran space policy analyst and director of GlobalSecurity.org, told TechNewsWorld.
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NASA’s Foam Quandary, Part 2: No Easy Solutions
Posted by: Katherine Noyes September 29, 2007 01:30 AMBefore the space shuttle Columbia’s disastrous mission in 2003, NASA did not fully recognize the safety risk posed by the shuttle’s protective foam. Following that tragedy, however, NASA buckled down and set to work, trying to come up with solutions. “As soon as NASA saw the foam as a safety problem, it began to identify low-cost, high-benefit changes that could be made,” John Pike, veteran space policy analyst and director of GlobalSecurity.org, told TechNewsWorld.