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Crew of Columbia Survived a Minute After Last Signal
by bucy at 12:30 pm EDT, Jul 16, 2003

] The Columbia astronauts lived for almost a minute after
] their final communication with mission control, well
] after signs that the craft was in serious trouble,
] investigators at NASA and the Columbia Accident
] Investigation Board said yesterday.

IMHO, the shuttle system has become a case study of how not to do large scale engineering. We need to mothball the shuttle and build a new system ASAP...