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		wizzard on March 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven p... And could have had the same problem as Columbia. There was no quick fix to ensure Atlantis didn't meet the same fate.

ciphol on March 9, 2022 [–]

Judging by previous flights, the chance of a Columbia problem occurring on any given flight (like that of Atlantis) was around 1/200. Would you take a 1/200 chance of losing your life to save someone else's? Many people would.

andi999 on March 10, 2022 | [–]

What if both foams were from the same batch?

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