Chawla's second space trip in 2003 ended tragically when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing her and all the other crew members.
Conspiracy theorists contend the Columbia was shot down in a missile defense test. Seemed far fetched at the time but looking at it again with the added perspective of current events maybe not.
3 posted on 03/17/2018 10:52:03 AM PDT by eldoradude
(Keep calm...we'll get to the carrion part later.)
