Published Date:
09 March 2003
A US Air Force photograph that Nasa originally dismissed as being too fuzzy may in fact show the deadly effects of missing tiles on the space shuttle Columbia, it was reported yesterday.
One theory has been that debris from the shuttle’s external fuel tank knocked off some of the spacecraft’s heat-shielding tiles about 80 seconds after launch, allowing superheated gas to get in during re-entry.
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Last Updated:
09 March 2003 12:00 AM
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Source:
Scotland On Sunday
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Location:
Scotland
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Related Topics:
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