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commotiocordis) wrote2008-12-31 06:01 am
commotiocordis) wrote2008-12-31 06:01 am
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NASA reports new details of Columbia deaths - The Columbia Tragedy- msnbc.com
The report lists events that were each potentially lethal to the crew: Loss of cabin pressure just before or as the cabin broke up; crew members, unconscious or already dead, crashing into objects in the module; exposure to a near vacuum at 100,000 feet (30,500 meters); and crashing to the ground.
Is this not a clear example of CJ's principle of "it's the fall that's gonna kill you"? I'm fairly certain that it really only took one of the above to kill them.
The report lists events that were each potentially lethal to the crew: Loss of cabin pressure just before or as the cabin broke up; crew members, unconscious or already dead, crashing into objects in the module; exposure to a near vacuum at 100,000 feet (30,500 meters); and crashing to the ground.
Is this not a clear example of CJ's principle of "it's the fall that's gonna kill you"? I'm fairly certain that it really only took one of the above to kill them.