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...things you've learned to live with." The board is still weeks away from determining what caused Columbia to crash. But the overuse of the safety waivers hints that some blame may lie with NASA's approach to risk assessment. Many of the waivers, from snapped pins to broken foam, had been carried over from flight to flight during Columbia's 22 years of use. "Engineers are raising the same concerns they were years ago," says Sheila Widnall, who is on the investigation board. "I sympathize that you can't hold up a launch every time you have a concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down To Earth With A Bump | 3/9/2003 | See Source »

...took the stage shortly after 11 p.m., the band decided to provide the audience with a reminder of its heavy-metal past. Sets of "gerbs"--sparking pyrotechnic fountains--shot up from the stage as the band kicked into its first song, Desert Moon. Within seconds, flames crawled up the foam-covered wall behind the band and spread to the 9-ft.-high ceiling. Thinking the blaze was part of the band's act, a few fans let out cheers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Minutes To Doomsday | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...Rhode Island state law does not require one in structures built before 1976. The club's owners, Michael and Jeffrey Derderian, were well regarded by West Warwick residents and police. One gesture made in part to mollify their neighbors may have proved disastrous. Last year the club hung soundproofing foam on the walls and ceilings to cut down on noise. But the material was highly flammable and caught fire almost as soon as Great White took the stage and the sparklers went off. Gerbs give off what is called cold fire, which, in spite of the name, can ignite flammable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Minutes To Doomsday | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

There's no way to predict exactly how long the facilities will hold the attention of the 18-and-under set, but signs suggest the trend is in no danger of waning soon. The toy company Sport-Fun last Christmas saw its foam-covered barbells and brightly colored treadmills for kids as young as 4 land on the Toy Industry Association's Top 50 People's Choice nominee list. As if that weren't enough, My Gym, a growing national chain of activity centers, offers stretching and other wee workouts for "terrific tots" (2 to 3 years), "waddlers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: The Kids Are All Pumped | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...NASA last week, but space-agency employees remain worried. "It's really pretty somber here," says a NASA contractor at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. "People are worried about layoffs, like after Challenger." In New Orleans, the work force at the Lockheed Martin plant that applies the foam to the shuttles' external tanks had already fallen from 4,800 before the Challenger explosion to 2,000 now. There's concern that Columbia's death could slash the payroll even further. Things are similarly glum in Chicago at the headquarters of Boeing, the shuttle's principal contractor, where workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fragments of a Mystery | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

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