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02-01-2026, 10:08 AM
February 1, 2003
23 years ago today, we lost the crew of Columbia during reentry after a piece of insulation damaged heat shield on the wing. Remembering them and their sacrifice for our future. ![[Image: dc81e25619cb547a8d3a7b5232e5953e.jpeg]](https://denyignorance.com/uploader/images/dc81e25619cb547a8d3a7b5232e5953e.jpeg)
Be kind to everyone!
02-01-2026, 10:11 AM
A very sad day for the whole of Mankind.
"Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning."
Charles Tremper 
02-01-2026, 01:47 PM
I can remember watching on TV at the time.
Bloody tragic. And in hindsight completely preventable. Anyhoo RIP to the poor souls. All in all the Space Shuttle was an impressive piece of kit.
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
02-01-2026, 02:12 PM
I remember watching Mission Control...
Damn that was 3 different lives ago seems like 50 years
His mind was not for rent to any god or government
Always hopeful yet discontent, knows changes aren't permanent But change is Professor Neil Ellwood Peart ![[Image: PEART-2744335652.gif]](https://denyignorance.com/uploader/images/PEART-2744335652.gif)
02-01-2026, 02:17 PM
(02-01-2026, 02:12 PM)putnam6 Wrote: I remember watching Mission Control... I can remember Challenger exploded in January back in 86. I must have been 10 or 11 years old. That one was horrible... Seem to recall being a wee guy wanting to grow up and go to the moon. Not so much for a while after seeing her explode in the sky. RIP.
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
02-01-2026, 07:24 PM
okay but this was columbia not changeller the other one,
and i seem to remember some talk about some kind electric discharge thingie zap in orbit and cause problems but no mention of it on wiki page was that ever anything to it and does anyone remember it says foam
02-01-2026, 07:32 PM
(02-01-2026, 07:24 PM)UltraBudgie Wrote: okay but this was columbia not changeller the other one, Yeah, I can remember both. As to the cause, as far as im aware, it was due to foam. Or, to be more specific, the left wing of the shuttle was damaged during launch. Due to a piece of insulating foam that came loose from an external booster tank. Kind of a flawed design where they knew that it could periodically shed pieces of foam during launch. I seem to recall something to do with reports that had been made regarding the issues that the company's NASA contacted, ignored, or something along those lines.
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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