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Re:Roger Boisjoly dies at 73; engineer tried to halt Challen... by mturmon on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @01:02PM (#3567627)
Nice comment. As an engineer, I enjoyed reading the Columbia accident report also. It's available free at:

http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/home/CAIB_Vol1.html

It's detailed, but well-written and the quality of the analysis is extraordinary. If you want a preview, take a glance at the debris analysis on page 40. If you like understated drama, start at the comm transcript on page 42. ("Lock the doors.")

Everyone at NASA got a hard copy of this report.

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Re:Roger Boisjoly dies at 73; engineer tried to halt Challen... by lutorm on Thursday February 09, 2012 @09:32AM (#3571229)
Yeah, I remember reading the CAIB report when it came out. Scott Hubbard, one of the board members, also came by UCSC and gave a talk about the investigation, like how everyone had assumed that a piece of foam couldn't do anything serious to the RCC leading edge until they shot a foam piece of similar size and speed at a spare with an air gun and it went clean through.
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