In 2019, my wife and I had a tour of Mike at the Atlantis. He spoke very openly about the Columbia accident. Mike also said they could have saved the crew if they had known a landing was no longer possible. I bought his book on KSC that he signed. Mike also showed us around the remnants of Challenger and Columbia. I have great respect for this man and Mike in turn has great respect for the crew. Meeting him was a highlight of my life.

I just finished the book Bringing Columbia home and found it easy to read and I learned lots of things about Columbia I never knew, thank you for writing this wonderful book.

Excellent insight into a tragic event .well done Gentleman. Their book on the subject is first class.

The story is so great, deserves a movie!

I played a small role in the recovery. I coordinated communications between the Defense Coordination Officer, COL Al Dochnal, and other federal and state agencies.

I bought the book at Barnes & Noble a couple years back. I only got to page 72. Now, this past week, with the 20th anniversary coming up, I'm picking up where I left off. I don't have much interest in NASA anymore; honestly, the only thing that I loved about NASA was the space shuttle. The shuttles...they seemed like they were alive. I know they're just machines, but to me, they were more than that.

This FOAM thier referring to is similar to a brick at 500mph...when it made contact with the exterior tiles..busted a hole through the leading edge..the "firewall"was breached............the crews fate was sealed....this was not the type of foam from your living room sofa.......🤔

The failure to deploy military satellite images to understand the extent of the damage and the failure to take seriously the significant concerns regarding the foam impact damage should have seen a number of people from the team in court and jailed for involuntary manslaughter. The fact that nobody was prosecuted for the extraordinary failure to deal with a known issue, and to actively try to avoid dealing with the concerns raised, was criminal.

Why didn't the NTSB lead the investigation/recovery? They've got hella experience in that kinda thing. AND they're not 'involved' so lesser chance of actual/alleged coverup.

@xWood4000

8 ай бұрын

Because the NTSB doesn't specialise in space hardware. The NTSB takes in specialists when needed for investigations and they would anyway form a team of NASA employees because those are the only ones who had the knowledge. Now every space company knows the lessons learned so that they aren't repeated but the experts formed them

What condition was the crew's bodies, was there any pictures taken

@clone_bricks9855

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not. I've heard that only some body parts were found... the bodies mostly burned up

@amydamjanovic9183

2 жыл бұрын

They just found bits and pieces of the bodies, they were literally torn apart and burnt when the shuttle broke up. There was just enough DNA on each body part to identify each astronaut.

I hope all those involved in the decision to do nothing can live with themselves and sleep well at night

This is a puff piece. They exaggerate on almost every single point.

@xWood4000

8 ай бұрын

Can you give some specific examples? If you contest someone's work you usually have something to explain your point