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02-05-2003, 06:01 PM
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By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
SPACE CENTER, Houston - After days of analysis, NASA backed away Wednesday from the theory that a piece of foam debris that struck Columbia during liftoff was the root cause of the shuttle disaster.
Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore said investigators now are focusing more closely on the desperate effort of Columbia's automatic control system to hold the speed of the spacecraft stable despite an increasing level of wind resistance, or drag, on the left wing.
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My kingdom for just one close up image of the shuttle's underside as it began its descent.
NASA Says Stop Telling Them Their Business (http://http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=624&e=8&cid=624&u=/ap/20030205/ap_on_sc/shuttle_investigation)
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
SPACE CENTER, Houston - After days of analysis, NASA backed away Wednesday from the theory that a piece of foam debris that struck Columbia during liftoff was the root cause of the shuttle disaster.
Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore said investigators now are focusing more closely on the desperate effort of Columbia's automatic control system to hold the speed of the spacecraft stable despite an increasing level of wind resistance, or drag, on the left wing.
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My kingdom for just one close up image of the shuttle's underside as it began its descent.
NASA Says Stop Telling Them Their Business (http://http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=624&e=8&cid=624&u=/ap/20030205/ap_on_sc/shuttle_investigation)