How could Ilan Ramon’s Diary Survive the Fall from Space?
Oct 21st, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Astronomy, Blurbs, PhysicsA little while ago, the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem opened an exhibit featuring some of the torn, slightly burned pages of Col. Ilan Ramon’s personal diary from the shuttle Columbia. Ramon was the payload specialist onboard STS-107 (the spaceshuttle “Columbia”) that disintegrated during re-entry from space, killing all 7 crewmembers onboard. The diary survived the [...]
