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- ashleyn 6y agoWhat makes the destruction of Columbia even worse is that NASA had more or less seen the same issue before - shedding of the SRB foam insulation - not even two missions after the Challenger disaster. The mission was nearly lost for the same exact reason, failure of a compromised TPS. https://www.americaspace.com/2012/01/30/into-the-black-nasas-secret-shuttle-missions-part-two/ https://www.americaspace.com/2012/01/30/into-the-black-nasas...