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Columbia's fate already set?
Washington, Usa - A crack on the left wing, maybe Nasa knew

It was known that something was wrong at the moment of the launch, than the left wing of Columbia space shuttle was damaged while taking off, because of a material block that has been detached from the main tank. This would not be a simple speculation, but a memorandum that Nasa distributed two days before the shuttle's re-enter on the Earth: this is what Nbc television asserts. It would mean that...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 39964
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency