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NBC had Tom Costello summarize NASA's 400-page report into the conditions for the astronauts inside Space Shuttle Columbia almost six years ago. They were killed when the spacecraft broke apart as it reentered Earth's atmosphere. Costello noted that shoulder harnesses and seats and spacesuits and helmets did not work properly--not that those failures made any difference: "The loss of oxygen pressure would probably have incapacitated the astronauts within seconds" and they would have been unconscious when they were killed. Why did NASA release the report in the middle of the holiday season? "So the children of the astronauts would not be asked about it at school next day."
Andrew Tyndall 1/1/09 12:19:14 am

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