Found technical errors in shuttle Columbia and Discovery
Columbia ship
Investigators of the US Space Agency (NASA) have discovered a technical error on space shuttle Columbia and Discovery, but have yet to find a clear answer to the Columbia shuttle accident in the year. 2003 before and the delay of the Discovery ship release in July.
Investigators in the process of investigating the cause of the large insulating foam sheets fell off the Columbia and Discovery vessels, the cause of the disastrous accident that killed the entire Columbia crew in 2003 when The ship is on its way back to Earth - 9 small cracks have been found in the foam of the outer fuel cell. However, they are uncertain about the role of these cracks in making the insulation foam fall off the ship.
John Chapman, who is responsible for making NASA's external fuel tanks, said: ' The cracks we discovered were remarkable. We are still continuing to find out what happened '.
Wayne Hale, NASA's shuttle program director, said the agency is still working to target another launch in May next year, but does not say the exact plan.
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