No, they didn't.
Just watched Nova and the episode about Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. Wow. A piece of foam was all it took. But even I knew, based on what Galileo proved, that something like foam could pick up energy. You can watch the full episode aired on PBS on Hulu...if you have an American IP address.
The question indeed is, could they have been saved?
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In 2005, signed off by President Bush, the more advanced, leaner and efficient Constellation was launched with an apparent new sense of purpose. But the program was cancelled by President Obama. Maybe the negligence and waste that was present in NASA set in after Nixon cut funding was still around?
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