'Difficult to believe' foam debris caused Columbia loss, NASA says

NASA is convinced that the piece of foam debris shed by the shuttle Columbia's external tank that apparently hit the left wing during launch Jan. 16 could not have resulted in the loss of the orbiter, according to Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore. During an assessment of the damage, performed...

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