Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Last space shuttle tank leaves New Orleans - by sea, not air - for its journey to L.A.

The 15-story external tank known as ET-94 was meant to latch onto a space shuttle, thrust it into outer space and then detach and burn up in a blaze of glory.

But tragedy altered its destiny. ET-94 remained solidly on Earth. It narrowly survived Hurricane Katrina and is now the last of a fleet...



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/23sYqKg

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