shuttle serendipity

because of the last accident, nasa made sure to check the launch with digicams mounted on the space vehicle this time.

you've seen the shot of flying foam, i'm sure.

because of that, astronauts inspected the hull during spacewalks and did in-space repairs for the first time in 24 years of shuttle flights. apparently nobody thought of it before.

with the advantage of 20/20 hindsight, we can now pronounce that they should've been doing it all along.

might've saved lives.