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400 MB Seagate Drive Survives the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster

A 400 MB hard-disk drive manufactured by Seagate has been recovered from the wreckage left by the Columbia space shuttle. The ship has been completely destroyed by an explosion during reentry on February 1, 2003. There was nothing left of the ship and all the seven crew members had been killed by the blast. However, a single drive fell to Earth in the debris and was recovered by the rescue teams. According to the Scientific American magazine, the hard drive was used for storing essential data... Read »
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