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Columbia's fate already set? (2): sceptical former Italian astronaut

Roma, Italy - Too little the proofs, but it's going ahead

According to some declarations of the Italian former-astronaut Maurizio Cheli, who participated in 1996 to a Columbia mission, there would be serious doubts care the responsibilities on the incident of the American shuttle. Indeed according to what was quoted by the Israeli newspapers there were some leaks on the left wing and Nasa, that was aware of that, would not have made anything concrete. "The...

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Rome, Italy, 02/04/2003 14:14
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