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9. Raw Story has updated the story with a headline saying "they COULD die," not would.

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Fri Feb 1, 2013, 01:43 PM

Feb 2013

As in, "NASA knew Columbia crew could die but chose not to tell them."

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NASA knew Columbia crew would die but chose not to tell them [View all] AgingAmerican Feb 2013 OP

That would be a tough call. n/t greytdemocrat Feb 2013 #1

It's called triage, Tagish_Charlie Feb 2013 #14

that is a tough call liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #24

I think the worst thing you can do is take away all hope. Chemisse Feb 2013 #2

It doesn't sound like they didn't really try to come up with an innovated solution Drale Feb 2013 #3

Entirely different situation. stopbush Feb 2013 #35

All of those astronauts knew the danger of the job, and volunteered anyway. SQUEE Feb 2013 #4

True this AgingAmerican Feb 2013 #17

In such a high risk operation KT2000 Feb 2013 #37

I would have preferred not to know, to die happy. Why tell them, there was nothing RKP5637 Feb 2013 #5

Don't know the details, maybe someone else does demwing Feb 2013 #6

Last night's NOVA episode was all about this tragedy. stopbush Feb 2013 #10

Heads should have rolled exboyfil Feb 2013 #13

IIRC, Columbia was not equipped for a spacewalk. stopbush Feb 2013 #18

Never did believe "NASA ignored requests from some of their staff to use military telescopes"... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #23

I disagree. Incompetence bred by the corporate mindset is much more deadly, insidious & real stopbush Feb 2013 #36

I thought last night's NOVA episode beaglelover Feb 2013 #39

You are correct. But the fact remains that they could have gotten a better idea stopbush Feb 2013 #41

No, Ground Control didn't *know* they would die, they knew the risk was higher Recursion Feb 2013 #7

I like Raw Story's lies better than your petty truth cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #26

Facts, schmacts Recursion Feb 2013 #27

How the hell do you word that??? zbdent Feb 2013 #8

Raw Story has updated the story with a headline saying "they COULD die," not would. stopbush Feb 2013 #9

If it were truly hopeless, I would not want to know. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #11

I want to know if every avenue was explored exboyfil Feb 2013 #12

Agree (nt) OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #16

It's all dependent on the air supply in the shuttle. stopbush Feb 2013 #20

One key weakness of the system -- there should have been an orbiting or ground based "lifeboat" OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #15

Congress made that call by cutting NASA's funding to the bone. stopbush Feb 2013 #22

There was: it's called the International Space Station. The question is, did Columbia have fuel leveymg Feb 2013 #28

Correct. The answer to all is "no." stopbush Feb 2013 #38

The headline is a lie, of course. (Par for the course for Raw Story) cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #19

Wow, no thought of warning ground personnel in Texas?? Logical Feb 2013 #21

Felix Baumgardner's Fall from Space is a Direct Result of the Columbia Disaster. kaiden Feb 2013 #25

the armchair quarterbacking in this thread is hi-fucking-larious. As if these brilliant, degreed pnwest Feb 2013 #29

Not true, but it's one hell of a headline. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #30

DU is just full of fun stories about shuttle disasters! Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #31

In other words, they threw "Failure is Not an Option" out the window liberal N proud Feb 2013 #32

the day fox news stole cnn`s news feed.... madrchsod Feb 2013 #33

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