[Blueflag]

It could all be fixed if the friggin NASA people would go against the Greenies and go BACK to manufacturing the foam the old way.


HArrumph.

[Thebaddog]

Can you imagine the greenies with their calculators trying to get a count of carbon units expended during the launch?

[12th_Monkey]

I didn't know this was a "new" enviro friendly foam.

[pctech]

Agreed. I mentioned in an earlier thread that I thought the problem originated when they made the EPA happy and stopped using foam made with a freon based propellant.

Blasted liberal environmentals.

[burzum]

It could all be fixed if the friggin NASA people would go against the Greenies and go BACK to manufacturing the foam the old way.

Not true. Snopes really should have an article on this by now. The foam that destroyed the Columbia was BX-250, a freon based foam. Additionally, foam fell off of 80% of flights that were observed (low resolution videos) by the CAIB. Foam fell off of the orbiter before most parts of the external fuel tank had their foam changed to non-freon based foam.

I would say that the shuttle probably sheds less foam that it ever has, before and after the EPA regulation change.

[Sundog]

Right you are, Right you are, Right you are, but that doesn't change the power the Greenies have.

[SierraWasp]

You mean the old Pre-Algore foam made by using FREON, don'tcha? I'm tellin you this great nation is beginning to show way too many signs of GANG-GREEN!!!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It was the old style foam that caused the last shuttle disaster so maybe they just need to re-work the foam completely.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

It could all be fixed if the friggin NASA people would go against the Greenies and go BACK to manufacturing the foam the old way.

No kidding. I can't figure out why they don't go back to the old foam and tell the Watermelons to go to h311 and file suit against the US Government....if they feel they can win. Which they won't.