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[i]By his next mission, Scott Parazynski had me on speed dial and I had Dave [Williams] on a crew again. This time Scott had several ideas for a design that included a flag, a neat angle on the shuttle — I suggested the re-entry configuration — and some kind of educational element because Barbara Morgon, the teacher and now fully trained astronaut, was going to fulfill the promise of Christa McAuliffe. I came up with a flame of knowledge as the center of a Keplerian orbital diagram with Columbia re-entering. The day after the design was approved, Columbia re-entered for the last time, killing its crew. I sent my deepest condolences to Scott and the crew, who were pretty devastated, and knew that if STS-118 ever flew, it would not be with a design of mine. I was right.[/i]
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