It was five years ago today the space shuttle Columbia exploded and disintegrated. Seven distinguished crew members perished in the accident. The cause of the explosion was due to a hole in the wing of the spacecraft caused by the puncture from insulating foam that came dislodged during the liftoff of the craft at the start of the mission. Hot gases entered into the wing during reentry and structurally disrupted the viability of the craft, destabilizing it and resulting in the explosion and disintegration. In honor of the loss of the heroic individuals aboard space shuttle Columbia, a mountain peak in the Sangre de Cristo mountains in southern Colorado is named in memorial for them, not far from another mountain named in memorial for the Challenger space shuttle lost earlier in tragedy.*****
No comments:
Post a Comment