NASA Makes Heating Calculation Error

NASA says Atlantis okay to land, despite “mistake”, Reuters

“NASA said on Wednesday it “made a mistake” in its calculations about a tear in space shuttle Atlantis’ heat protection, but that it should not prevent the ship’s safe return to earth. Deputy shuttle program manager John Shannon told reporters that NASA engineers believe an area beneath a torn heat-resistant blanket near the shuttle’s tail had gotten hotter than they first thought during Atlantis’ launch into space on June 8.”