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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)2/01/2013 11:19:05 am PST

re: #7 Kragar

NASA knew Columbia crew could die but chose not to tell them

I was sorely disappointed that they apparently did not have a solid contingency plan to deal with something like that. That the heat shield tiles could get damaged in some way should be obvious - micrometeorite, collision, etc. So you would think there would be some idea of being able to do an EVA and effect some sort of temporary repair that at a minimum would increase the changes of the shuttle being able to survive re-entry.