Leon Brooks wrote:
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry (200,000ft), lots of links at http://news.google.com/
Interesting that the news is out _before_ the shuttle was due to land. Astronauts almost certainly all dead.
That'll knacker NASA for a while too, but maybe they'll try more imaginative launch vehicles now.
maybe they'll get rid of legacy tech and go state of the art in design?
naw, NASA turned that down when starting the shuttle program, couldn't wait for a design that would be able to use any international airport.
they won't change the attitude now, not after investing 30 years into the things
