You asked for it.
I think it is a UFO. You see the World [AND BY EXTENSION THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE] is Liberal. Rabid anti-semite Liberal. So some space aliens [being more advanced than we are, and therefore to be worshipped] zapped the shuttle because it had an evil J-E-W on board. Kinda like a big Admin Moderator in the sky who didnt like the message being sent by the evil J-E-W loving Americans....so he stepped in and squashed the metaphorical post that was the Columbia Space Shuttle.
And just to get their point across, the Alien supreme Moderators zotted the Shuttle over...now get this...Palestine, Texas. Huh?!! How you like them apples. It is a cosmic message sent from the heavens to show us that we Americans are wrong in our stance in the Middle East. That we are arrogant McDonalds eating, Victoria's Secret exporting, Oil crazed SUV driving demoniac terrorists subjugating the World with our imperialistic hedgemony and Cowboy mindset.
That's what I think.
The above message is merely an attempt to fit in with some of the other completely moronic nitwit posts that have taken over this thread.
I mean no disrespect towards the Shuttle Crew, NASA, or the families of the crew...
...however, I do mean disrespect towards half of the idiots who have continued there nonsensical ponderings on such a simple and easily explained subject.