Last Communication & Troubleshooting Columbia Disaster We hear the last communication with the space shuttle Columbia before it broke up on reentry. NPR's Larry Abramson joins host Steve Inskeep to talk about some of the technical problems known thus far, such as temperature anomalies.

Last Communication & Troubleshooting Columbia Disaster

Last Communication & Troubleshooting Columbia Disaster

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We hear the last communication with the space shuttle Columbia before it broke up on reentry. NPR's Larry Abramson joins host Steve Inskeep to talk about some of the technical problems known thus far, such as temperature anomalies.

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