Attachment 08: Fill & Download for Free

There are several reasons for this. The biggest reason is that the Scottish people really dislike him. I’m going to attach a video that explains it much better than I could explain it.One word of advice. It does contain some bad language but it is necessary considering the way the people there speak of him.Update 08–19–2020: Thanks Ed for the edit.

The short answer: No. The shuttle went from nothing (apparently) wrong to being out of control in four minutes, and it was breaking up with the crew either unconscious or dead two minutes after that. It happened that fast.The long answer: No. Others have posted the video showing them chatting happily at re-entry, but it ends several minutes before the first alarm goes off on the flight deck due to the tape being burned by re-entry.Here's a timeline to show just how fast it really happened:[1] (I've posted samples of what was happening as well as the pieces that show when important parts happen, rather than pasting the entire thing. Little between 8:15 and 8:45 had any bearing on the shuttle’s destruction, then the information after 8:50 quickly becomes overwhelming. Everything in italics are comments I added.)08:15:30 a.m.Deorbit ignition. Change in velocity: 176 mph; Burn duration: two minutes and 38 seconds. Location (latitude/longitude in minutes:seconds): 33:35 S/98:10 E; altitude: 175.95 statute miles. Velocity: 17,319.7 mph.08:44:09 a.m.Actual moment of entry interface. The shuttle falls into the discernible atmosphere 395,010 feet over the Pacific Ocean at a velocity of Mach 24.57 (+30.833-167.556)08:48:39 a.m.OEX data: Strain gauge sensor G9921, located inside left wing in line with RCC panel No. 9, begins to show an off-nominal increase. This is the first indication of anything amiss aboard Columbia.08:48:40 a.m.MCC-Commentator: "Columbia's altitude now 54 miles as it continues to descend into the atmosphere, wings level, nose angled up 40 degrees to control heating. Columbia's traveling about 17,000 miles per hour."08:48:59 a.m.OEX data: Temperature sensor 9910, located in front of the left wing spar behind RCC panel No. 9 begins showing an off-nominal increase. This is the first sign of unusual heating.[Everything labeled “OEX” were sensors attached to the OEX, a recorder unique to Columbia that neither the crew nor Mission Control could see. It was similar to a plane's “black box”. And as can be seen, it was literally only four minutes after the shuttle entered the atmosphere (EI) that its sensors began to detect damage - meaning that the damage began almost instantly after EI.]08:49:53 a.m.OEX data: Temperature sensor 9220, located on the forward side of the left OMS pad, starts an unusual drop.08:50:00-43 a.m.Five unexpected return link S-band communications drop outs; upper left aft antenna/TDRS-171 West. Out of family [unusual beyond the normal limits for “unusual”] based on comparison with previous Columbia entries from 39-degree inclination orbits to KSC and similar look angles to TDRS West.[They believe the unusual temperature drop and communication drops were due to melting insulation creating a metallic cloud at the back of the left wing.]08:50:53 a.m.Start of peak heating region. H=243,048; Mach: 24.12 (+38.744-136.142)08:53:02 a.m.Hydraulic system 1 left inboard elevon actuator return line temperature begins trending down; Hydraulic system 3 left outboard elevon return line temperature sensor begins trending down. H=233,457; Mach: 23.23 (+38.883-125.482)08:53:09 a.m.OEX data: Temperature sensor 9220, located on the forward face of the left OMS pod, suddenly reverses an unusual downward trend and begins rising sharply. This sensor ultimately reads 1,200 degrees (normal maximum is about 60 degrees).08:53:10 a.m.Hydraulic system 3 left outboard elevon return line temperature sensor drops off-scale low (preceded by nominal temperature rise). H=232,864; Mach: 23.17 (+38.848-124.864)[Hydraulic systems sensors continue dropping off by ones and twos on the left side.]08:53:26 a.m.Columbia crosses the California coastline. H=231,600; Mach: 23.0 (+38.7-123.5)08:53:44-48 a.m.Debris No. 1: First report of debris observed leaving the orbiter. Seen just behind orbiter envelope. No evidence of RCS thruster firing. H=230,348; Mach: 22.88 (+38.631-122.119)08:53:46-50 a.m.Debris No. 2: Second report of debris observed leaving the orbiter, just aft of the shuttle envelope. No evidence of RCS thruster firing. H-=230,276; Mach: 22.87 (+38.624-122.044[The shedding events continue until the shuttle’s destruction but the crew can't see them and the people who can, couldn't tell NASA. Nothing could have been done anyway.]08:54:20 a.m.Start of slow elevon trim change, presumably to counteract the buildup of aerodynamic drag on the left wing. (Time approximate; +/- 10 seconds)08:54:24 a.m.MCC-MMACS: "Flight, MMACS."MCC-FLIGHT: "Go ahead, MMACS."MCC-MMACS: "FYI, I've just lost four separate temperature transducers on the left side of the vehicle, hydraulic return temperatures. Two of them on system one and one in each of systems two and three.08:54:46 a.m.MCC-FLIGHT: Four hyd return temps?"MCC-MMACS: "To the left outboard and left inboard elevon."MCC-FLIGHT: "OK, is there anything common to them? DSC (discrete signal conditioner) or MDM (multiplexer-demultiplexer) or anything? I mean, you're telling me you lost them all at exactly the same time?"[Some people in Mission Control started feeling rather uneasy about now. No one thought it was all about to go to hell, but it didn't feel right. Note that this was only six minutes after the OEX recorded an unusual sensor reading and only ten minutes after EI.]08:57:19 a.m.Main landing gear left outboard tire pressure 1 begins an off-nominal trend (bit flip up). H=217,757; Mach: 20.45 (+35.385-106.785)08:57:19-29 a.m.Debris No. 16. Very faint debris observed leaving the orbiter. Observations by observers at Kirtland AFB Starfire Optical Range; numerous jet firings inferred from injector temperatures.08:58:03 a.m.Start of "sharp" elevon trim increase to counteract increasing aerodynamic drag (timing +/- 10 seconds). H=212,007; Mach: 19.7908:58:09 a.m.Substantial increase in calculated rolling and yawing moments.[The wing is almost totally destroyed and about to fall off. The crew can't sense it though, as the atmosphere is still very thin and the flight computers have kept Columbia steady.]08:58:40 a.m.Columbia's backup flight system (BFS) computer displays four tire pressure fault messages on a cockpit display.[This is when the crew first learns there could be a major problem, as the tires being damaged would mean having to bail out over KSC while dumping Columbia in the Atlantic. However, they don't know the root cause nor what's about to happen.]08:59:15 a.m.MCC-MMACS: "FLIGHT, MMACS."MCC-FLIGHT: "Go."08:59:18 a.m.MCC-MMACS: "We just lost tire pressure on the left outboard and left inboard, both tires."08:59:23 a.m.Loss of realtime data in mission control workstations.[This is when it all goes to hell and the shuttle begins to break apart. The crew will have died from exposure to vacuum within 90 seconds from now. Note that it's only 45 seconds after the crew saw the tire pressure warnings and knew there was a potential problem. It's been five minutes since the sensors dropped off, eleven minutes since the OEX recorded that first unusual reading, and fifteen minutes since EI. They were only fifteen minutes from touching down at KSC. It happened that fast.]So, no. The crew had no idea they were going to die in the last fifteen minutes or even the last five. Given that nothing could have been done to save them, I consider that a good thing.Footnotes[1] Spaceflight Now | STS-107 Mission Report | STS-107 Entry Timeline

Based on the RTI reply received on 19/08/2020 the date of starting of online application and number of vacancies are yet to be finalized. Screenshots attached.