On Wednesday, Nasa flight director John Shannon said photographs of the shuttle taken by the crew had found no apparent damage.

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The Audi No.2 survived a scare in the 22nd hour after the diesel-powered car collided with a Zytek 07S, but carried on with no apparent damage.

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That damage was apparent last year when Paul Kemp, of Louisiana State University, took NPR on a boat ride along one levy.

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The Guardian and The Atlantic both weighed in by criticising the video and the campaign for their apparent naivety and the damage they were doing.

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This is now painfully apparent since there no longer is a revenue windfall to mask the damage.

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The human and economic damage from the earthquake and tsunami are terrible, and the apparent release of some radioactive materials into the atmosphere compounds the significant sense of unease in global markets.

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