• yesman@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The space shuttles were originally designed with 6 M2s mounted in the wings. It was mostly a tradition thing, but they cut the armament to save weight or something stupid. Fast forward to the Columbia disaster, and where does the fatal foam piece strike? Right in the firing line of old ma deuce.