[ale] OT: Space Shuttle Columbia

[hbbs at attbi.com (Jeff Hubbs)]

> > I'm not suggesting a bailout at hypersonic speed but emergency landings
> > may have been called for (well, perhaps turning into a conventional
> > bailout in the end if it looked like there was just no solution to get
> > to a suitable strip).  
> > 
> But with this incident, it was way supersonic and so a bailout was not
> possible. Hitting the air at Mach 18 would tend to peel humans apart. 

I know, I know - I wasn't trying to go there!

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