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  • 4 ways Columbia could have been saved. From NASA's Kennedy Space Center Home Page

    02/04/2003 9:40:32 PM PST · by Mitchel Tighe · 176 replies · 382+ views
    NASA's Kennedy Space Center Home Page ^ | 04 February 03 | Mitchel Tighe
    I have been pulling my hair out watching both the NASA press conferences and also the stupid reporters questions after the absolute tragedy of the Columbia disaster. They all say there was no way to save the ship... That is Nonsense!! Remember the Challenger disaster where the launch control director was yelling RTLS RTLS after the explosion at 83 seconds? RTLS stands for Return To Launch Site. If 83 seconds was good enough for Challenger. Why wasn't 80 (or more) seconds good enough for Columbia? If I can find this, then people at NASA know this. Husband and McCool could...