Arizona Daily Sun

Problem of insulation hitting tiles goes back to shuttle's first flight

WASHINGTON — NASA's very first space shuttle flight returned with nearly 250 debris hits on its sensitive thermal tiles, the start of a two-decade-long struggle with a problem now suspected as a ...
New York Post

WHITE HOUSE HAD WARNING ; NASA WHISTLEBLOWER WROTE OF ‘CATASTROPHE’ TILES ARE ‘ROOT CAUSE’

A former NASA safety official wrote President Bush last August to warn of “another catastrophic space shuttle accident,” but the president never saw the letter and the warning was rejected, the White ...
CNN

Thermal tiles key to shuttle's survival

(CNN) --So long as they work, the white and black tiles that cover NASA's space shuttles hardly merit a second glance. The tiles, some no larger than adhesive floor coverings available at ...
New York Post

WHITE HOUSE HAD WARNING * NASA WHISTLEBLOWER WROTE OF ‘CATASTROPHE’ * TILES ARE ‘ROOT CAUSE’

A former NASA safety official wrote President Bush last August to warn of “another catastrophic space shuttle accident,” but the president never saw the letter and the warning was rejected, the White ...