Well we all know now re-entry was unsuccessful

I saw a documentary on this the other day.It broke up over Texas in a path 200 miles long and 10 miles wide.The whole in the left wing damaged it bad enough for heat to get in at I believe either 13,000 or 16,000 degrees farenheit and it dissentegrated.They pieced what they found together in a warehouse and made there determination.I am sure there is a link out there.I believe it was on Nova.It was tragic.
http://www.automobileforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=50489&st=40

A link after.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/02/01/shuttle.columbia/

Bluntman wrote:I saw a documentary on this the other day.It broke up over Texas in a path 200 miles long and 10 miles wide.The whole in the left wing damaged it bad enough for heat to get in at I believe either 13,000 or 16,000 degrees farenheit and it dissentegrated.They pieced what they found together in a warehouse and made there determination.I am sure there is a link out there.I believe it was on Nova.It was tragic.
http://www.automobileforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=50489&st=40

Actually, this thread was about the Atlantis mission that happened after the fatal Columbia mission. The shuttle mission talked about in that thread ended successfully.

JaysonAych wrote:

Bluntman wrote:I saw a documentary on this the other day.It broke up over Texas in a path 200 miles long and 10 miles wide.The whole in the left wing damaged it bad enough for heat to get in at I believe either 13,000 or 16,000 degrees farenheit and it dissentegrated.They pieced what they found together in a warehouse and made there determination.I am sure there is a link out there.I believe it was on Nova.It was tragic.
http://www.automobileforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=50489&st=40

Actually, this thread was about the Atlantis mission that happened after the fatal Columbia mission. The shuttle mission talked about in that thread ended successfully.

I figured that out after I posted.Damn.Well interesting reading though.