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NASA officials were overconfident in the heat shield on Columbia
NASA officials were overconfident in the heat shield on Columbia
"A day after launch, NASA saw video of the foam from the shuttle's fuel tank hit the shuttle wing, something that had happened before. NASA officials studied the damage and determined it wasn't a problem. NASA managers even sent the crew a 15-second video clip of the foam strike and "made it very clear to them no, no concerns," according to the independent board that later investigated the accident."
This proves that there was always foam insulation coming off the shuttle all the time(with each and every launch) and they never fixed the problem.They got so used to it being the norm that they didn't worry about the foam hitting the wing because something like that had happened before and they got overconfident.
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