Lost on re-entry: the Columbia disaster

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Title

Lost on re-entry: the Columbia disaster

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Description

The NASA Space shuttle must be the most sophisticated engineering accomplishment of humankind. The catastrophic loss of Columbia and crew at reentry early this year was totally unexpected and a blow to manned space exploration. DIRK PONS looks into the final moments of Columbia.

Format

Research paper

Research format

Journal article

Date created

2003

Creator

Pons, D.J.

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2759

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Fields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::290500 Mechanical and Industrial Engineering::290501 Mechanical engineering / Fields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::290200 Aerospace Engineering::290207 Satellite, space vehicle and missile design

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