> One of the current theories floating around has to do with a piece of debris > that flew off the booster rocket during take-off and collided with the left > wing (where the problems began). The video of the take-off was reviewed in > great detail and it was determined that it was innocent, considering the > proximity of the problems and the debris there appears to be at least > something worth investigating.
According to Slashdot, the ground control started to lose data from shuttle's sensors; first from the back of the left wing, then spreading forward, then all the shuttle went dead. Sounds like a structural damage. The takeoff damage could've been a contributing factor; one single slightly loosened tile can be deadly in such speeds. I just hope they won't mothball the ISS...
