We've been hearing a lot over the last few days about the damage to the tiles on the shuttle Endeavour. Roland Piquepaille at ZDNet blogs has now posted some exclusive pictures of the affected region, provided by Neptec Design Group.

I don't know how serious this is, but now at least I understand what they mean by a gouge in the tiles. Here's keeping our fingers crossed for the safety of the astronauts on board.













