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...howling past on the expressway above, a stylishly ruffled figure picking through rubbish, which?in the opinion of gawking slum dwellers nearby?has already been stripped clean of anything valuable. "Very rich pickings," muses Swaffield, before plunking himself down in a discarded armchair that is hemorrhaging orange and yellow foam. "Awesome," he pronounces...
...Columbia Accident Investigation Board told TIME. "A lot of these [waivers] are legitimate--every launch is going to have them--but others are things you've learned to live with." The board is still weeks away from determining what technical failure caused Columbia's crash (investigators are examining foam that struck the left wing shortly after launch and super-hot gasses that entered the left wheel well during reentry). But the overuse of safety waivers has emerged as a sign that some blame may lie with NASA's approach to risk assessment. Many waivers, from snapped pins to broken foam...
...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...
...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...
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...