Columbia Space Shuttle reportedly disintegrates mid-air

CNN and everyone else is reporting that the Space Shuttle has apparently broken apart in flames during its landing approach, some 200,000 miles feet above Texas. All seven members of the international crew are presumed dead. The Columbia was a 22-year old craft–NASA's oldest shuttle–and this was evidently supposed to be its last mission. As someone just pointed out on another mailing list, that seems old indeed when you consider that few people drive 22-year-old cars. This was the 113th flight in the program's 22 years and was this craft's 28th flight.Link Discuss