A story from CNN about the debris collected from the crash of the space shuttle Columbia forming a library of sorts.
The 84,000 pieces collected in eastern Texas and western Louisiana will be kept in the mammoth Vehicle Assembly Building at the space center, where 6,800 square feet (632 square meters) of office space has been cleared on the 16th floor.
A NASA official said the idea was to create a “library” setting for Columbia rather than a grave site.
“The debris will be available to scientists and researchers for study. That research, we hope, will lead to better vehicles in the future,” said Scott Thurston, the Columbia vehicle manager before the disaster and now the official in charge of storing it.
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