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This line of inquiry did not begin until earlier this month--more titan three
This line of inquiry did not begin until earlier this month--more titan three
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2023-12-16
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This line of inquiry did not begin until earlier this month--more titan three months after the accident--because there were "too many emotions, too many egos," said retired Adm, Harold Gehman, chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, Gehman said this part of his inquiry was in its earliest stages, starting just 10 days ago. But Gehman said he already has concluded it is "inconceivable" that NASA would have been unable or unwilling to attempt a rescue for astronauts in orbit if senior shuttle managers and administrators had known there was fatal damage to Columbia’s left wing.
Gehman told reporters after the hearing that answers to these important questions could have enormous impact, since they could place in a different context NASA’s decisions against more aggressively checking possible wing damage in the days before Columbia’s fatal return.
Investigators believe breakaway insulating foam damaged part of Columbia’s wing shortly after liftoff, allowing superheated air to penetrate the wing during its fiery reentry on Feb. 1, melt it from inside.
Among those decisions was the choice by NASA’s senior shuttle managers and administrators to reject offers of satellite images of possible damage to Columbia’s left wing before the accident. The subject dominated the early part of Wednesday’s hearing.
Gehman complained managers and administrators "missed signals" when they rejected those offers for images, a pointedly harsh assessment of the space agency’s inaction during the 16 day shuttle mission.
"We will attempt to pin this issue down in our report, but there were a number of bureaucratic and administrative missed signals here," Gehman told senators. "We’re not quite so happy with the process."
The investigative board already had recommended that NASA push for better coordination between the space agency and military offices in charge of satellites and telescopes. The U.S. National Imagery and Map- ping Agency in March agreed to regularly capture detailed satellite images of space shuffles in orbit.
Still, Gehman said it was unclear whether even images from America’s most sophisticated spy satellites might have detected on Columbia’s wing any damage, which Gehman said could have been as small as two inches square. The precise capabilities of such satellites proved to be a sensitive topic during the Senate hearing. [br] As mentioned in the text, the Wednesday’s hearing revolved around ______.
选项
A、the precise capabilities of spy satellites in orbit
B、NASA’s indecisions against checking upon the Columbia
C、NASA’s rejection of satellite images offered
D、the coordination between NASA and military offices
答案
C
解析
第四、五、六、七段反复讲到了美国航空航天局拒绝接受军事部门提供的卫星图像,此题可以定位在第五段的最后——句,“The subject dominated the early part of Wednesday’s hearing”,该句中的“subject”指的就是美国航空航天局拒绝接受军事部门提供的卫星图像,因此选项C“美国航空航天局拒绝了军事部门提供的卫星图像”为正确选项。而选项A。“轨道中情报卫星的精确能力”,选项B“美国航空航天局对检测哥伦比亚号没有作出决定”和选项D“美国航空航天局和军事部门的合作”,尽管文中都有所提及,但却不是这次听证会所解决的问题和焦点。
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