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Shuttle Blastoff Smashed Launch Pad

Force of liftoff scattered tons of concrete debris

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 3, 2008 5:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Discovery shuttle caused severe damage to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center when it blasted off Saturday, the Houston Chronicle reports. The force of the blast shattered a large section of one the trenches designed to direct shuttle exhaust away from the pad,...   Read full story »

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