Comments by "SymphonyBrahms" (@SymphonyBrahms) on "Feb. 1, 2003: Space shuttle Columbia disaster" video.

  1. The crew couldn't see the damaged area on the wing from the cabin. There was no camera there. And they didn't have the equipment to do a space walk. And they were told by NASA that there was no chance of real damage from the foam strike. Blame NASA, not the crew.
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  2. They couldn't get to the space station and there wasn't another shuttle ready to launch and rescue them. They couldn't bail out over Texas because of the height and speed they were going. It was a hopeless situation.
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  3. The foam was on the fuel tank to protect the shuttle at launching. When the shuttle got to the upper atmosphere, the fuel tank was jettisoned. The foam was not on the shuttle itself.
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