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...final distinctive features of the launch pad are three massive flame ducts, each 50 ft. high and 70 ft. wide, that will vent the tremendous energy released during lift-offs. Seven seconds before takeoff, an underground pipe 10 ft. in diameter will flood the ducts in less than 30 seconds with about half a million gallons of water. The water will be stored in two tanks. The 6,000° F heat produced by the shuttle will be tamed by the liquid, generating huge billows of steam from the ducts during and after the launch. At Cape Canaveral, the vents...
...filled out a report two months ago to have them repair a cracked asbestos pipe, and when it was fixed, another crack in the same pipe was ignored," said Mark Skinner, a graduate student who works in the building, adding. "I'm struck by the general blase and negligent attitude of some of the people in EHS [Environmental Health and Safety--Harvard's office overseeing the removal...
...most recent accident occured Monday when a construction worker mistakenly cut into a pipe covered with the insulant. EHS immediately closed off the area and applied "negative pressure conditions" to prevent fibers from spreading. The area was then properly cleaned, they said...
When the teams left the ice for the second intermission, the only question remaining was whether Crimson goalie Grant Blair could notch his third shutout in six games. A slapshot off the pipe and a couple of Crimson defensive lapses had been the nearest that Princeton had gotten to entering the scorebook...
Visone tried to make it 3-0 30 seconds later, but his slapshot hit nothing but pipe Just 17 seconds after Visone nearly broke the game wide open. McManus scored Yale's freak goal. A potential blowout became a one-goal affair...