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NASA says Columbia Rescue was Possible

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hindsight-being-what-it-is dept.

nuke-alwin writes "Apparently NASA is saying that a rescue mission may have been possible for the Columbia crew. I first saw this on TV, but Chicago Sun-Times is also reporting the story. The risks would have been great, and may have endangered more astronaut's lives."

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  1. Almost everything is possible by johnkp · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well I guess that almost everything is possible in theory.

    Agreed it's a tragedy, but why risk the lives of another set of crew members, and why is it that people tend to focus so much of the loss of seven lives, who knew it was a dangerous mission and propably were prepared to die in the name of science.

    I mean. For the cost of such a rescue mission...how many lives could you save by using the money on eg vaccines in the 3. world.

    How many people die in the traffic in the US? How many lives could be saved by investing money in car safety?

    You could propably have invested in something with a better money-lives saved ratio, but people don't seem to be very intereested in that or what?