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Originally posted by SykkBoy@Feb 1 2003, 02:11 PM
I'm not downplaying the tragedy at all, but I get upset when I read passages like this:
"On Jan. 16, shortly after Columbia lifted off, a piece of insulating foam on its external fuel tank came off and was believed to have hit the left wing of the shuttle. Leroy Cain, the lead flight director in Mission Control, assured reporters Friday that engineers had concluded that any damage to the wing was considered minor and posed no safety hazard."
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I know what you are saying, and that's been kicking around in the back of my mind too. However, I'm not sure they had an option to abort once the shuttle was on its way. I'm sure all that will be analyzed to the nth degree in the days and months to come.