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Shuttle Columbia's Hard Drive Data Recovered

computerworld.com — The Columbia Shuttle disintegrated on atmosphere re-entry over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003, killing all seven crew members and scattering debris across Texas and Louisiana. Researchers have painstakingly retrieved 99% of data store on the Columbia's charred 400MB Seagate hard drive's 2.5-in. platters in just two days.

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  • dougvfr750, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Wow, I guess my plan of shooting old hard drives into low orbit to get rid of them isn't going to work after all.
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