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Spacewalking Astronauts Test Repair Goo

'Caulk-like' stuff could avert disaster

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 21, 2008 12:31 PM CDT

(Newser) – Spacewalking astronauts successfully tested a high-tech goo that can be used to repair heat shields and help avert a repeat of the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster, the Houston Chronicle reports. In work reminiscent of a “tile-and-grout” job, astronauts sprayed the pink caulk onto shuttle...   Read full story »

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