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To: buccaneer81

Re: Columbia, because if its weight was never able to reach the ISS.

The Columbia was lost because of damage to its heat resistant tiles that were struck by foam or ice at launch. It disintegrated on coming back into the atmosphere. :-(


52 posted on 08/29/2011 12:09:21 PM PDT by jesseam
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To: jesseam

That had nothing to do with the ISS. Columbia never went anywhere near the station because she wasn’t capable of doing so.


58 posted on 08/29/2011 12:33:27 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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