Apparently "before" it shed tons of stuff, and it hadn't fucked with us.
this graphic that's been doing the rounds seems to suggest that there was a fairly major step up in foam impacts from late '97 onwards (hard to say, exactly, since the datapoints are few enough, but there definitely seems to be more after that period than before) which makes me wonder if something was changed in either the construction or the launch procedure that makes the tanks more susceptible to the foam breaking off. It also begs the question of what else they could use in place of the foam that wouldn't break off.
Actually, I rather dislike that this phrase doesn't have the obvious meaning (i.e that for which I am abusing it here). The fact does indeed suggest, lead to, bring up, or otherwise demand that such a question be asked. It's only because "begs the question" is an overloaded phrase using an otherwise little-used meaning of the word "beg" that pedants people feel I should be embarrassed by my misuse (Boy would I ever be embarrassed if I wrote a page that suggested people were misusing the phrase on account of formal logic, rather than obscure verb meanings).
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They build the giant orange tank about ten miles from here, so people are rather nervous.
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this graphic that's been doing the rounds seems to suggest that there was a fairly major step up in foam impacts from late '97 onwards (hard to say, exactly, since the datapoints are few enough, but there definitely seems to be more after that period than before) which makes me wonder if something was changed in either the construction or the launch procedure that makes the tanks more susceptible to the foam breaking off. It also begs the question of what else they could use in place of the foam that wouldn't break off.
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You're going to make me cry.
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Actually, I rather dislike that this phrase doesn't have the obvious meaning (i.e that for which I am abusing it here). The fact does indeed suggest, lead to, bring up, or otherwise demand that such a question be asked. It's only because "begs the question" is an overloaded phrase using an otherwise little-used meaning of the word "beg" that
pedantspeople feel I should be embarrassed by my misuse (Boy would I ever be embarrassed if I wrote a page that suggested people were misusing the phrase on account of formal logic, rather than obscure verb meanings).