NASA gives details on deaths of Columbia astronauts
Nearly six years after the shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry, NASA has released a 400-page report with graphic details on the astronauts' death.The report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to 'lethal trauma' as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts.
Let's go to the videotape.
One of the astronauts on the Columbia was Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut.
Ramon was the last IAF pilot to bomb Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:13 PM
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No expert here but I don't believe the best helmets, spacesuits and seat harnesses in the world would have saved them.
In fact, they would at most have increased their suffering prior to death.
RIP.
The report, which I just read all the way though says explicitly that there was no safety feature available that would have saved the lives of anyone on Columbia. But there is room for improvement in the helmets, suits, seats and escape systems for other accidents.
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