Years ago I wrote a story for AIAA’s Aerospace America magazine.
In my view, the reasons and revelations that haunt me to this day about the tragedy are far from being revealed. I covered the loss of the crew for Space.com at the time, reporting on the investigation from my perspective as I attended a number of the “hearings” on the disaster from Houston, Texas.
To this day, the entire calamity — and how it could have been prevented — has never been fully reported.
Adding to my own views regarding the loss of Columbia and crew was a visit to Kennedy Space Center. I saw first-hand recovered, twisted, and scared wreckage of the vehicle.
I cried.
There are truths out there yet to be revealed.
Meanwhile, take a read of my story – and remember Columbia and the seven-person crew:



