Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

The re-entry, it's going to fall apart.

That's what happened to Colombia, I believe, right? Colombia? It's fine in heaven.

It comes back down.

Why? Because you have recidivism.

We can't do it.

It's too, it, it just, it's too much friction." The Columbia Space Shuttle exploded in 2003.

Seven members died on board.

And in the aftermath of the Columbia explosion, there was, you know, an investigation, and what they found was there was a decision made by the engineers of that shuttle.

Yeah.

I wanted to ask, well, just kind of mention, I was under the assumption that in a post-Space Shuttle Columbia accident world, that you, no matter what level you were at with the agency, you are allowed to speak out against whatever issues would come up or whatever issues that you think would cause the loss of a crew, the loss of spacecraft, anything that could be a hindrance to any of the programs.

That's first of all.

Second, I also believe that the NASA committee, advisory committee, the ones where the leaderships are supposed to come out and say, okay, overall, here's where we are.

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after launch.

colombia broke apart during re-entry these are not theoretical fears they are entries in the historical record written in human lives but here is what almost nobody talks about these disasters as horrifying as they are represent the kind of danger we understand mechanical failure structural compromise Sudden catastrophic loss.

The body is destroyed in an instant and the cause is obvious.

There is a rupture.