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killed the seven astronauts.
Hubbard said after
Monday’s test: “I think
foam hitting the wing lead
ing edge of the orbiter at
500 mph is the
direct cause.”
The board plans to
release its final report by the
end of this month. Much of
the report “is going to deal
with the other types of caus
es, contributing causes and
other elements of the orbiter
program over the last 20
years,” Hubbard said.
One month ago, another
carbon shuttle wing panel
— smaller and farther
inboard — was cracked by
the impact, along with an
adjoining seal. This time,
the entire 11 1/2-inch width
of the foam chunk — rather
than just a corner during
previous testing — hit the
wing, putting maximum
stress on the suspect area.
The five other previous
tests in recent weeks
involved fiberglass wing
pieces taken from the shut
tle prototype Enterprise,
housed at the Smithsonian
Institution. Those, too, were
damaged.
Hubbard said it is ques
tionable whether the best set
of cameras trained on the
shuttle during liftoff would
have detected such a large
hole, if they had been in
focus, and they were not.
He declined to say whether
spy satellites would have
observed such damage, but
he noted that it was a black
hole in a black piece of rein
forced carbon.
During Columbia’s
flight, shuttle managers
rejected engineers’ request
for spy satellite images to
ascertain the extent of dam
age to the left wing.
Among the board’s pre
liminary recommendations
to NASA: improve launch
photography, use take spy
satellites to check out orbit
ing spaceships, conduct bet
ter testing of wing panels,
and devise an inspection
and repair plan for astro
nauts in orbit. Monday’s
test cost $3.4 million.
Teens
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But he said he never saw
Matthew Lovett teased to his face
because he was intimidating — and
he was sometimes armed with a bat.
Oaklyn teenagers also say he also
practiced martial arts and had com
piled a list of his enemies since ele
mentary school.
Authorities would not confirm
the existence of a list, but Camden
County Prosecutor Vincent P.
Sarubbi said three people believed
to be intended victims were notified
Sunday of the plot. He declined to
identify them, but Oaklyn Police
Chief Chris Ferrari indicated they
were students.
People who know the teen say
Matthew Lovett not only liked the
science fiction movie “The Matrix,”
but also dressed the part, often
wearing all-black clothing and
slicking back his hair.
He sometimes referred to himself
as The Mystic, The One or Neo in
homage to Keanu Reeves’ character
in the “Matrix” films — high-tech
thrillers where the real world is
merely a facade for a darker, grim
mer world where a computer hacker
leads humanity in a revolt against
the machines that have taken over
the world.
Lovett was also such
player of role-playing
that he and his friends called tki
selves the Warriors of Freedom all#
one of them.
“He wouldn’t even
Chris Brown, who
month from Collingswood is
School, as did the older Lovett.i
was just by himself.”
The three teens were arresttJ
after attempting a carjacking!
this Philadelphia suburb, anili
ties said. They had several gi
belonging to Matthew’s falki,
including rifles, a shotgun, sevenl
handguns, swords and 2,i
rounds of ammunition.
The father, Ron Lovett, issued:
statement through a family metifc
Monday, apologizing for
behavior.
“I’d like to apologize to
and the people of Oaklyn for win
my son has done,” Lovett said. ''
like to ask everyone to say aprayti
for Matthew. I hope he can receiv
the counseling he needs.”
All three were charged w
offenses including conspiracy
commit murder.
Authorities have not identil
the two boys, ages 14 and 15.Tilt!
were held Monday at a youth deten
tion center.
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