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Shuttle Columbia Flight Recorder Recovered In Texas

Posted by timothy on from the what-it-was-intended-for dept.

ctar writes "ABC News reports that the space shuttle Columbia's flight recorder has been found in Hemphill Texas. ABC says: "The finding today came after NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said investigators may never find a single definitive cause for the destruction of Columbia""

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  1. Re:Probably doesn't mean much by mcpheat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to the BBC it was the Orbiter Experiments Recorder that they found which was designed to provide data on Columbia's test flights. I'm surprised they didn't remove it when they last refurbished it to reduce weight.

  2. Re:Note to self by bzcpcfj · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What is most remarkable is that the medium is TAPE. With all the improvements in storage technology, it's amazing that tape is still (apparently) the most effective means of reliably storing and recovering data in catastrophic situations. Of course, Galileo's tape system survived numerous passes through radiation fields that would have fried many systems, so I guess we shouldn't be surprised.

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