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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...compartment of any manned ship had always been positioned at the very top of the rocket stack, keeping it away from debris that may shake itself off the booster on the way up. The shuttle orbiter sits rear of the nose of the external tank, and it?s hard foam from that tank that killed Columbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Builder for the Right Spacecraft at the Right Time | 9/1/2006 | See Source »

...another car, the rear end so loaded it was almost dragging the ground, Yussif Ashour of Chacra, his brother and four women in the back competed for space with family artifacts, foam mattresses bound with twine and stuffed in the trunk and a very tired-looking taxi driver. But it wasn't clear what his family was returning to. "They say 80% of our village has been destroyed," Ashour said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Refugees' Road Home | 8/14/2006 | See Source »

Just as parabolic, or hourglass-shaped, skis changed that sport, Firewire's Future Shapes Technology boards feature balsa-wood rails glued to the EPS foam to increase motion in the foam core. The design accentuates the rocker for a tighter turn, as in parabolic skis. The first surfboards hit racks just weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfing's New Wave | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

Salomon, a brand famous for its skis and snowboards, is getting wet. Its S-Core design creates a shock-absorber-like effect in the deck using three polypropylene foam stringers in a hollow carbon core enclosed by a foam shell--an airplane wing on the water. The composites in the deck and rigid carbon bottom optimize flex memory, which improves control, says Salomon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfing's New Wave | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

...foam PVC foam or honeycomb Layered carbon fiber Fiberglass, carbon and epoxy Polypropylene stringers EPS-based foam Fiberglass and epoxy Parabolic balsa-wood rails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfing's New Wave | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

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