This tank unfortunately did. I cannot bring myself to be critical of the decision to use it.
In retrospect, sure! It was a bad idea, but who could have contemplated the accident and who could have made the decision to scrap this multi-million dollar hardware with no evidence except old historical records that have no relationship to the modified and repaired tank.
It is possible that time had caused the adhesive to fail and the shelf life of the tank was mis-interpreted.
Bear in mind that the insulation loss was really minimal compared to the initial difficulties. Bear in mind that this loose insulation had to act in a very peculiar way to cause the required damage, (assuming it is the cause) and that luck, fate and something else likely played a part in this.