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| When the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated above Texas one year ago Sunday, NASA was quickly confronted with more than the deaths of seven astronauts. In the midst of mourning, the space agency faced a web of problems that had been troubling NASA for years but had become urgent in the minutes between 8:53 a.m. and 9 a.m. of February 1, 2003. Columbia was lost. And, in some ways, so was NASA. The international space station was nearly complete. The shuttle fleet was approaching the end of its projected life span. And plans for the next generation of manned vehicles were in their infancy. Full story here. | ||
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