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> “Flawless” was one description of the May 31, 2008 launch
of the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124. So when
the NASA Safing team at Kennedy Space Center set out to
inspect Launch Pad 39A following that launch, they were
surprised to find the area littered with debris. Powerful
exhaust from Discovery’s liftoff breached the flame trench
wall at the base of the pad. Hot gases had penetrated the
trench lining system, blasting 3,540 refractory bricks into
and beyond the trench. Direct damage cost was estimated at
$2.5 million.
expendable trench