Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[maury]

For Zeev, et al. Re: Columbia. NASA says they have compared
this mission with all previous shuttle missions and found no
unusual differences in tile damage. They also found that the
computers not only made extreme inputs to control surfaces
to maintain directional stability, but also fired its retro
rockets in attempts to maintain directional and pitch
stability.

I appears that when Columbia passed over the west coast, it
began shedding structure much more substantial than just
tiles. By the time it reached Dallas, Columbia apparently
began to depart violently from scheduled heading and pitch
attitude. The craft could not tumble and fly sideways at that
speed and altitude without total loss of structural integrity.
Maury Siskel