Early
Saturday morning, the NASA starship named Columbia blew up in the skies
above Texas while on its way to land in Florida. All seven starfarers
on board were killed.
Underseekers believe the mishap was owing to a bit of heat shielding
foam that broke loose amid takeoff and struck the wing of the starship.
Wickners thought the foam had not done much harm and would not weaken
the craft, as this had also happend on former flights, but they were
dead wrong.
Starship Columbia had seen 27 flights before this one, taking
starfarers above earth since 1981. This flight began on January 16th,
and was mainly meant to do witship and gain knowledge. While Columbia's
team did fulfill what they sought to do, it would end up being their
last flight.
This isn't the first time a winged starship flight has gone wrong.
Likewise the starship Challenger blew up in 1986 amid takeoff, killing
everyone aboard. Given how unsound they seem to be, some folks at NASA
are in talks of putting an end to winged starships altogether.