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Columbia Breakup

Columbia Breakup

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 Host Lucien Graves investigates the 2003 Columbia disaster through three gripping episodes: the deadly physics of a foam strike that defied engineering intuition, the seventeen agonizing days when warnings went unheeded, and the institutional failures that normalized danger across decades of shuttle flights.

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  • Columbia Breakup - Seventeen Days of Silence

    Columbia Breakup - Seventeen Days of Silence
    Apr 6 2026
    Lucien Graves examines the seventeen days between Columbia's foam strike and fatal reentry—a chilling tale of ignored warnings, denied imagery requests, and bureaucratic silence. As engineer Rodney Rocha fought desperately for someone to photograph the damage, NASA's institutional comfort eclipsed seven astronauts' lives orbiting overhead, trusting completely.

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    40 mins
  • Columbia Breakup - The Impossible Bullet

    Columbia Breakup - The Impossible Bullet
    Apr 6 2026
    Host Lucien Graves examines the physics behind the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, exploring how a 1.67-pound piece of foam traveling at 530 mph became a lethal projectile. Through forensic testing and impact analysis, the episode reveals how extreme velocity transforms soft materials into deadly weapons, challenging human intuition and exposing the fatal consequences of institutional complacency in spaceflight safety.

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    32 mins
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