Sentence examples for debris damage from inspiring English sources
Officials of the space agency initially discounted speculation that debris damage could have been responsible for the shuttle's disintegration on Feb. 1.
Dr. Paul S. Fischbeck of Carnegie Mellon, a co-author of a 1990 report warning NASA of debris damage, said the Boeing analysis was a reasonable step but too limited.
A senior NASA official said that two or three days after Columbia's liftoff, a group of engineers asked the shuttle program manager to request the aid of spy satellites in gauging debris damage to the shuttle.
On Jan . 26 Mr. Rocha wrote to colleagues, including Mr. Shack, to say that the final analysis of the debris damage threat to the main landing gear door had been completed and had revealed no serious threat to the shuttle and its crew.
A1 NASA Rejected Advice Two or three days after the space shuttle Columbia's liftoff, NASA engineers asked the shuttle program manager to request the aid of United States spy satellites in determining the extent of debris damage to the shuttle's left wing, but the manager declined to do so, a senior NASA official said.
A6 NATIONAL A18-25 Shuttle Investigators Test Theory on Debris Damage A piece of insulating foam shot at a mocked-up shuttle wing opened a long slit in its leading edge, which may help to explain what caused the loss of the space shuttle Columbia, investigators said.
The Columbia was doomed by foam tank debris damaging its heat shield.
Officials met at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to review the risks of debris' damaging the shuttle after months of efforts to reduce the chances of bits of insulating foam, ice or other particles breaking loose and hitting the vehicle during the launching.
About 90 homes remain without power after debris damaged about 20 power lines on Monday.
In mountainous areas, floods carrying debris damaged roads and bridges.
The turbine ran reliably at first but, as the race continued, debris damaged the turbine and caused it to shake loose from its mounts.
