Reducing the risk of space shuttle disasters

Science News: In a paper to be published in Acta Astronautica, physicist Philip Metzger of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and colleagues describe a technique to plot the paths and determine the densities of worrisome detritus kicked up during launch. This... More... Archived source: https://web.archive.org/web/20100114024526/http://www.spacetimeandtheuniverse.com:80/general-physics/3232-reducing-risk-space-shuttle-disasters.html