Space Forum / Shuttle / June 2004

Their www site says that this will air Wednesday, June 30, at 8 pm, don't know
how they handle different time zones.  A bit of information below.

-- rk

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http://courttv.com/onair/shows/extreme_evidence/episodes/114.html

"Columbia Countdown"

Traveling at about 16 times the speed of sound the space shuttle Columbia was
on the way home to Kennedy Space Center when it broke apart above Texas. The
crew of seven perished just 16 minutes from home. The Columbia Accident
Investigation Board’s independent investigation into the loss of the shuttle
and crew on February 1st, 2003 lasted seven months. Their findings pointed to
a lightweight piece of foam that management at NASA could not believe was
capable of damaging the shuttle’s thermal protection system.

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They might not be cops, but they are detectives. These are the engineers,
chemists and computer experts who take forensic science beyond crime to solve
the investigative riddles of spectacular disasters, accidents and
catastrophes.

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