On February 1, 2003, tragedy struck the space shuttle Columbia, as earlier damage to the craft’s left wing caused the shuttle to be destroyed upon reentry, killing all seven astronauts on board. It was a tragedy felt across the world, and yet, the saddest part of all was just how preventable the disaster was. While there are always variables that you can’t plan for when going into space, the problems of the Columbia were downplayed to the astronauts on board, and no rescue mission was sent. Let’s take a look at the details of why the Columbia disaster was worse than you thought.
#NASA #Columbia #Disaster
Doomed from the start | 0:00
No further investigation | 1:25
Crew kept in the dark | 2:22
Tragedy | 2:56
A tragedy compounded | 3:53
The crew could have been saved | 4:49
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RIP to all the brave astronauts who were aboard The Columbia.
The people who sold the parts that broke off the Columbia, Challenger, and the Paul Walker / Roger Rodas’ Porsche accident, are the scum of the universe. How can these people sleep at night?
Thought to be more or less indestructible.
Yeah they said that about the titanic too.
Gotta hand it to astronauts/cosmonauts bravery beyond human at times.
Negligence, They could have had the astronauts spacewalk and check the damage to the wing. Inspection of the exterior of the shuttle prior to reentry should be protocol. Commercial truck drivers are told to inspect their trucks prior to the start of their shifts. The crew should have improvised and inspected the outside of the shuttle, for their safety.
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RIP
World’s geniuses ❤️ rip
How do they all have nice photos all togteher seems fishy
very sad to see that the challenger and Columbia were both avoidable if management take their head out of their ass and listened to the engineers,
Then why are the crew still alive?
So sad ?
Kinda ironic that the module that orbited the moon on Apollo 11 (not the eagle, the landing module) was called the columbia p
Beautiful
I thought it disintegrated and everybody on it died. Pretty sure that's what everybody thought. The only way it could have been worse is someone on the ground dying.
What is first and foremost the biggest issue is allowing the shuttle to continue to fly knowing foam impacts were routine and caused damage. You can blame decisions in the moment by management personnel all you want, but this design was flawed from the start.
Did anybody play free fire
I wonder how Linda Han lives with herself?!
Kalpana ???
And all the 7 astronauts
Can't believe that she denied the request. What a bitch
Rip Ilan Ramon and all the crew
Do you want to see the remains of the Columbia Space Shuttle? You can watch James Asquith's video where he has recorded his Kennedy Space Center trip.
Dear Editor,
In 2003 STS-107 and it's crew were lost on re-entry due to damaged tiles. This was not the first time insulation falling off the fuel tank had damaged our shuttle. Whether a rushed rescue mission could have saved the doomed Columbia crew will never be known. But I have a feeling that Linda Ham did not want the public to know how bad the tile damage was . Why? Because life is cheap and the shuttles had squeaked through similar insulations before. Ask Hoot Gibson about his Atlantis flight.
Dear Editor,
In 2003 STS-107 and it's crew were lost on re-entry due to damaged tiles. This was not the first time insulation falling off the fuel tank had damaged our shuttle. Whether a rushed rescue mission could have saved the doomed Columbia crew will never be known. But I have a feeling that Linda Ham did not want the public to know how bad the tile damage was . Why? Because life is cheap and the shuttles had squeaked through similar insulations before. Ask Hoot Gibson about his Atlantis flight.
A successful rescue mission by Atlantis would've been epic….. ??
So you mean to tell me they already knew the Challenger was going to blow up before it actually did, and then they knew that the Columbia was going to have issues re-entering the o-zone before it did?! Wtf?!
Linda Ham put money and budget ahead of human life, that's why she wasn't held accountable, for most American institutions, money is more important than anything else.
[ A Challenger Approaches! ]
[ It exploded! ]
Just like Challenger. Stupidity from the top, put in charge to make decisions, against the engineers' warnings.
Rest in peace
Because I like history and I was born in 1980
The life and death of astronauts are measured in seconds
And last time i checked Linda Ham still works at NASA…
It's frustrating to think both Challenger and Columbia had people that weren't listened to, and it resulted in the deaths of the astronauts. Very sad.
Only if the frame was steel, columbia wouldnt of disintegrated.
Rip to the Columbia crew Lesson to nasa: never tamper with the laws beyond human nature! Quote Adam West!!!!
Rip Kalpna chavda
Thank God they were not fully dead.