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Columbia Shuttle Disaster Investigators Face Monumentally Difficult Task.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2003
By Juliet Macur, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 9--Clues to the mystery could be anywhere, from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the bayous of Louisiana, stuck in trees, hidden on mountaintops or drowned in murky water.
More than a week after the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas, investigators are piecing together what could be the biggest and most complicated puzzle in aviation and aeronautics history.
No recovery effort has been spread over so many square miles or so much varied terrain. No search has been done for a vehicle worth $2 billion with about 2 million parts and 3,500 critical systems - that fell from about 40 miles above the Earth.
Officials who worked on other...
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