Shuttle Program Knowledge News Today

-for the second time in nasas history, a space shuttle has been lost along with its entire crew. once again, we are asking ourselves, how could this have happened? -do you have any idea how big that piece of foam was that came off? -wed heard some reports that during launch there had been some concerns that some debris hit the wing. is that true and is that any cause of concern and that could have caused todays problems? -it is true. it was judged that, erm , that event did not represe...

-i came to the investigation as a helicopter pilot who knew something about doing accident investigations. i did not come to the investigation as a space shuttle expert. i literally knew nothing about how the shuttle was put together. we needed nasas help because by definition, everybody who came in as an external part of the investigation team is not a space shuttle expert. there was years of shuttle program knowledge that we needed to learn very quickly. -theres that issue of the falling foam ...

To barksdale Air Force base. After challenger, nasa had a Contingency Plan in case there was a shuttle accident. I never really imagined that it would happen. With columbia, we had people who had experience with Accident Investigation from the military, navy, and Air Force on the team. I came to the investigation as a Helicopter Pilot who knew something about doing Accident Investigations. I did not come to the investigation as a space shuttle expert. I literally knew nothing about how the shutt...