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Originally Posted by Donger
The shuttle should never have been designed the way it is. At the very least, ice will always fall of launch vehicles. Of course, prior to the shuttle, all the humans were on the pointy-end, not strapped to the side of the tank with all the crap falling off it.
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Actually, it has been insulating foam falling off of the main tank that has caused disaster in the past...not ice...A problem that only began after NASA had to change the glue used to attach the foam because some left-wing nut jobs started complaining that the glue they had been using was not environmentally friendly...