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Space/Science » in reply to NASA 2 Release report on Columbia's Crew Final Moments

Like watching a train wreck in slow motion

These things have to be analysed, and understood, but they make very grim reading.

Maybe future safety improvements will come of it, but I can't see it being feasable to have an entirely seperate re-entry module for the crew that can safely "break away" from a disintegrating re-entry vehicle, in a wide range of scenarios.

Better, IMHO, to have a disposable vehicle that is going to be junked anyway, and a very robust and simple re-entry capsule, with a launch escape mechanism - like Apollo...

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