'It was an area that was about ten feet in length...'
a ten feet-long piece of insulation peeled away from the rocket while Hurricane Nicole stormed by, and it's too late to go in and fix it on the launch pad.
It's yet another unfortunate setback, following multiple aborted launches over the last couple of months caused by technical glitches, hydrogen leaks, and bad weather — even as the project inches agonizingly toward an inaugural journey Moonward.The piece of insulation is designed to minimize aerodynamic heating during ascent where the fairing of the rocket attaches to NASA's Orion capsule.
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