Space shuttle crash was, in part, caused by the EPA mandating an environmentally friendly foam on the external fuel tank.
Of course it turned out to be not so environmentally friendly to have several tons of space shuttle and roasted human remains vaporized in the atmosphere over the U.S. on a failed reentry. But, at least NASA got to show how it used that nice ozone-safe foam.
They actually had problems with the shedding of foam from the External Tank from the very first launch of the Shuttles.
Cultural suicide by political correctness.