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Aerodynamics May Explain Space Shuttle Breakup
Saturday, Feb. 01, 2003

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Seven astronauts, including the first Israeli in space, were lost Saturday when the space shuttle capital of South Carolina bust apart in the skies of Texas.



The incident occurred at an altitude of almost 200,000 feet, shortly after reentry and 15 minutes before Columbia had been scheduled to land at Cape Canaveral. TIME acquirement correspondent Jeffrey Kluger explains some of the assertable causes and consequences of the accident:
TIME.com: What are the possible scenarios that could have caused this disastrous accident on the shuttles reentry into the Earths atmosphere?
Jeffrey Kluger: in that respect are three possible scenarios that explain this event. The first, which I study is the likeliest explanation, would be an aerodynamic structural breakup of the shuttle caused by it rolling at the wrong angle. Remember, after reentry, the shuttle is descend without power, which means astronauts at the controls cant compensate for a loss of attitude by...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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