[MinorityRepublican]

It was an alarming repeat of the problem that doomed Columbia in 2003, when a piece of foam knocked a hole in its left wing. The searing gases of re-entry melted the wing from the inside out, causing the spacecraft to disintegrate. All seven astronauts aboard died.

Does anyone here know what is the temperature of the re-entry?

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Does anyone here know what is the temperature of the re-entry?

I’m not sure of the temperature, but I know that they’re going very very fast.

[KC_for_Freedom]

As I recall, I beliefe it was in the range of 5000 degrees where the wing structure failed, it would have failed at lower temps as well. You can down load the report from this site:

http://www.space.com/columbiatragedy/