February 1st, 2003, 06:35 PM
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Re: OT: Shuttle Breaks Up During Re-Entry
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Originally posted by CNCRaymond:
Could it have been a bomb?
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It's extremly unlikely that this was anything other than just an engineering failure. The shuttle is a complex piece of machinery. Millions of things have to go right every time it flies for it to return safely. And the margin for error is so small. It's not like a car that can roll to a safe stop if the engien fails. If something breaks, things go very bad very quickly.
It's a damn shame is what it is.
Geoschmo
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