As a member of the quality community in good standing (or ill repute, if you’re a developer), I wouldn’t get too excited about this headline: Unprecedented Shuttle Repair a Success:
A spacewalking astronaut gently pulled two potentially dangerous strips of protruding filler from Discovery’s tile belly with his gloved hand Wednesday, successfully completing an unprecedented emergency repair.
Well, the procedure was completed. As to its success or failure, I reserve judgment until that bird’s on the ground in the minimum number pieces are required for the astronauts’ survival.
