Shuttle Investigators View Wreckage Again
With the last truckload of Columbia wreckage delivered, the accident investigation board looked over the remains of the space shuttle at Cape Canaveral.
“We saw the things today which we believe are compelling pieces of evidence that tell us how the heat got into the vehicle and where the flaw started,” said the chief investigator, retired Navy Adm. Harold Gehman Jr.
Gehman said he and other board members thought that it was their duty to see the wreckage one last time as a group before winding up their investigation.
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