[Bad~Rodeo]

-- 8:53 a.m.: NASA loses temperature measurements for shuttle's left hydraulic system.

-- 8:58 a.m.: NASA loses measurements from three temperature sensors on shuttle's left side.

-- 8:59 a.m.: NASA loses eight more temperature measures and pressure measures for left inboard

Anyone have pics of the lift-off?

[leadpenny]

Try here.

[Samurai_Jack]

What we have here is fairly obvious, a structural burn through that began at 8:53 and took 6 minutes to burn through successive systems till it became catastrophic.

[EternalVigilance]

The final voyage of Columbia