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The Columbia accident made us realize that we had been playing Russian roulette with the shuttle crews - that we had been very, very fortunate in the past that the foam did not cause critical damage.
Wayne Hale
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Wayne Hale
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: July 5
Clovis
New Mexico
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