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5 Years Later, 5 Hard Lessons From the Columbia Shuttle Disaster »

Posted by: pagey 6 months, 3 weeks ago

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The space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003. During launch 16 days earlier, a briefcase-size, 1.5-pound chunk of insulating foam had torn loose and damaged a heat-shield panel on the left wing. Upon re-entry, superheated plasma penetrated the breach and burned through the wing structure.

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pagey6 months, 3 weeks ago

Thats quite a powerful image, there really wasn't much left
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slate6 months, 2 weeks ago

Wow 5 years already. I had the sad honor of being part of the massive 'recovery' effort after that tragic event.
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