I'd prefer to die unexpectedly and hopefully quickly, rather than to agonize over it for days and days. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. I would have been aware of the dangers beforehand and presumably would have had those heart-to-heart talks with my loved ones before I went up, just as a precaution. I said, `The Coast Guard has no interest in going on national television to tell lies to protect you.’”. two minutes and forty five seconds knowing you are going to die and unable to say goodbye… RIP. The new report comes five years after an independent investigation panel issued its own exhaustive analysis on Columbia, but it focused heavily on the cause of the accident and the culture of NASA. Raw Story has updated the story with a headline saying "they COULD die," not would. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/01/nasa-knew-columbia-crew-would-die-but-chose-not-to-tell-them/. I want to know if every avenue was explored. But this does go back to the old question would you rather know you had terminal cancer or live your last days in bliss? Such reconfigurations are extremely complicated and would not be doable before the air ran out. I have no idea how many people I was forced to write off at the Hyatt collapse, but it had to be done. Having wandered into professional writing and editing after a decade in engineering, science, and management, Merryl now enjoys reintegrating the dichotomy by bringing space technology and policy within reach of an interested public. They were doomed already and did not know it. About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact. Even if they died “instantly” when they hit the water, you know that, just for a moment or two, they felt the pain of being ripped apart when they hit…. I also think not telling the astronauts is immoral. NASA has revealed that the Columbia crew were not told the shuttle had been damaged during its launch and that they might not survive re-entry. In fact, no clear evidence was ever found that the crew cabin depressurized at all. Thanks for the highlight. Rather than being carried to Heaven in an instant, the crippled vessel kept sailing upward for another three miles before its momentum gave out, then plunged 12 miles to the ocean. I was still pretty agitated and upset. That would have caused "loss of consciousness" and lack of oxygen. I think the crew would rather not know. The public affairs guy at NASA didn’t know about it until I told him—his own people didn’t even tell him. One wasn't in the seat, one wasn't wearing a helmet and several were not fully strapped in. Satellites and ground telescopes should have been retasked to explore the damage, and, if equipped for spacewalk, such a spacewalk should have occurred to assess damage. The air packs did not provide pressurized air to keep the astronauts conscious. This message was self-deleted by its author. Columbia's crew was not coming home. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. With more mail-in ballots, officials urge patience on election night, Americans and the right to vote: Why it's not easy for everyone, Why some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote counts. said that they were informed of the potential damage to the shuttle but it was nothing to worry about. Don't you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than to stay on orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done until the air ran out.". The doomed astronauts were not told of the risk. It stabilized in a nose-down attitude within 10 to 20 seconds, say the investigators. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, NASA appointed an independent panel to investigate its cause. This message was self-deleted by its author, http://www.esquire.com/felix-baumgartner-skydive-0810, http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/texas/article/If-space-shuttle-is-doomed-do-you-tell-the-crew-4241053.php#ixzz2JgBgvN2G, https://pmatep5f7b.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ProdStage. There was certainly no sudden, catastrophic loss of air of the type that would have knocked the astronauts out within seconds. © 2008 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Had all those procedures been followed, the astronauts might have lived longer and been able to take more actions, but they still wouldn't have survived, the report says. “Don’t you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than to stay on orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out?’”. Our. He offers as an example the crew cabin debris discovered on Jan. 29 by a Coast Guard vessel. Tough call either way. After a few breaths, the seven astronauts stopped getting oxygen into their helmets. Is is better to die in ignorant bliss or is it better to know and maybe have a chance to say good-bye to family? To a stunned nation, it appeared that seven lives had instantly been lost. A few minutes later is when Cain ordered the doors locked and the computer data saved. 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