episode 24: Columbia
In 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia launched successfully but after its mission was completed burned up on re-entry with the loss of all onboard. We look at how normalisation of deviation blinded many at NASA to a risk that had existed since 1981.
With John Chidgey.
Links of potential interest:
- Space Shuttle Columbia
- Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
- STS-107
- When The Space Shuttle Didn’t Come Home
- Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster Explained
- List of Space Shuttle Missions
- A New Vision for NASA
- STS-27
- Legendary Commander Tells Story Of Shuttle’s Close Call
- This Is Why The Space Shuttle’s External Fuel Tank Stopped Being Painted White
- NASA - Report of Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Volume I
- Soyuz
- Project Gemini
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Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen and John Whitlow.