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E-Mails Could Not Shake NASA's Feeling All Was Well with Columbia's Re-Entry.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2003
By Gwyneth K. Shaw, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 13--WASHINGTON--NASA's top safety official knew about concerns that arose during shuttle Columbia's final mission, but -- like everyone else involved -- accepted the conclusion that the spacecraft and crew were in no danger, e-mails released Tuesday show.
As the landing date approached, shuttle engineers and managers were worried about damage to the thermal tiles that cover the orbiter's belly -- and the doors that protect the landing-gear wells -- not the reinforced carbon-carbon panels that wrap the edges of the shuttle's wings.
Investigators think a 1.67-pound chunk of foam that flew off the shuttle's external tank and smashed into Columbia's...
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