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by geoduck14 1565 days ago
I know. Right?

Everyone here is dogging the Slide. Sure it sucks - but I DISTINCTLY remember analysis of resuce. Do a space walk and repair it; send a second shuttle (they existing crew would run out); something else.

Also, the crew had a chance to call their loved ones and "sat good bye", and the pilot was anticipating the wing melting off.

NASA knew the risk, they tried to prevent it - but the shuttle still crashed