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[i]The sound suppression system on this mission was much smaller, and as a result, a shockwave was generated, shattering, or damaging almost 80% of the carbon carbon heat shields used for re-entry heat protection. The astronauts said had they known it, they probably would have aborted using the abort hatch. So they put in a larger water pump to dump more water to suppress the sound of the solid rocket boosters igniting.[/i]
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