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NASA managers defend shuttle amid foam loss grounding
Critics seize on the grounding to challenge the shuttle’s future while NASA and supporters insist it remains essential. A large foam chunk shed during Discovery’s launch raised safety concerns and renewed debate over whether the aging fleet should be retired around 2010 as NASA pursues a moon mission.
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