Analytical

24: Columbia

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In 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia launched successfully but after its mission was completed burned up on re-entry with the loss of all onboard. We look at how normalisation of deviation blinded many at NASA to a risk that had existed since 1981.
With John Chidgey.

Links of potential interest:

  • Space Shuttle Columbia
  • Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
  • STS-107
  • When The Space Shuttle Didn’t Come Home
  • Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster Explained
  • List of Space Shuttle Missions
  • A New Vision for NASA
  • STS-27
  • Legendary Commander Tells Story Of Shuttle’s Close Call
  • This Is Why The Space Shuttle’s External Fuel Tank Stopped Being Painted White
  • NASA - Report of Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Volume I
  • Soyuz
  • Project Gemini

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