“The most complicated machine ever built got knocked out of the sky by a pound and a half of foam. I don’t know how any of us could have seen that coming. The message that sends me is, we are walking the razor’s edge.” — Flight director Paul Hill —Columbia’s Final Minutes (Newsday)
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