Shuttle crew expresses surprise at foam shedding
[Officials] also said a thermal blanket under one of the orbiter’s windows appears to have been slightly damaged, which may need to be further evaluated.” What must it be like to be in space orbiting the earth at 18,000 mph knowing that your only means of returning home is a vessel that may be damaged in the same way that caused the destruction during re-entry of the previous space shuttle?
To know that you have no choice but be baptised with fire?