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from space shuttle columbia as columbia continues to orbit the earth at an altitude of about 150 statute miles. columbia, houston, laurel, you're loud and clear on air to ground one. -the second day, i drive in to work kind of euphoric because another launch, another successful launch. you know, the flight director's office and the mission control center in houston is working with them. they're -- everything's good. i walked into the analysis lab to start reviewing film from the launch. we started the film at the beginning. [ rockets roaring ] we're watching this liftoff. you see the...

Worst case would have been damage all the way down to the skin of the vehicle. ♪ that would have given us a problem during landing. well, that probably would have been loss of vehicle and loss of crew. ♪ so i went to see wayne, my boss. ♪ -based on my 20-plus years of experience, i can tell you every shuttle flight that flew had issues. people came to me as a flight director or as manager every day. in this case, bob page knocked on my door, came in my office, and said... -"we've got a problem. this is the largest strike of the vehicle that we have ever seen." -he's a little bit of a hig...

All of us as a group were extremely concerned about what we had just seen. Looking at that film, we were all discussing how big are we talking about a problem . How much damage are we talking about . Worst case would have been damage all the way down to the skin of the vehicle. That would have given us a problem during landing. Well, that probably would have been loss of Vehicle And Loss of crew. So i went to see wayne, my boss. Based on my 20plus years of experience, i can tell you every Shuttle Flight that flew had issues

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>> bill: people look at me when i fill out checks. what are you doing? i haven't fully transitioned in all that yet. you can pay some of them online. others you want to write out. before we go let's roll it. we have a lot to go. this is exhibit a, dana. >> 5, 4, launch for main engine start. we have the start. >> that was 1981 on this day the space shuttle columbia blasted off for the first ever u.s. shuttle flight operated by nasa today. someone else is at the helm today. billionaire space race is now available on fox nation. it dropped this morning. have a look. >> this is the story of cutti...