[celoyd]

> The environmentalist threw a fit about this "glue" and it was replaced with a glue that all the engineers said was not as safe, in regards to the tiles staying attached...

This is a common myth. It’s false: http://mediamatters.org/research/2005/08/09/limbaugh-promote...

[rayiner]

This is a great telling of the myth though: http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2003/09/01/did-e...

[gohrt]

Reading a false story is dangerous -- the mind tends to remember the story, and forget the "It's a myth" part over time.

This is also why "Myth vs Facts" or sarcastic "How to do X Very Wrong" articles are bad style -- they undermine the goal. Better to write using language that affirms the truth, not multiple negations.

[Cshelton]

Ah, thanks. I was looking for it. I deleted the main comment because I didn't want a conspiracy war breaking out lol.

But everywhere I did read, the tiles have been a plague on the Orbiter since day 1. And of course the man hours needed to change them was crazy.

[mikeash]

That part is true. Orbiters would routinely come back with broken or missing tiles. Fortunately it was robust enough to withstand a few missing.