Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumakore matatu apfuura, NASA yakashandisa mari inofungidzirwa kuva mabhiriyoni US$1,3 kugadzirisa chinetso chefuro. Apo akabvunzwa pamusoro pezvinetso zvefuro, NASA Associate Administrator Bill Gerstenmaier akati, "Tiri panjodzi imwe cheteyo sezvatakanga tiri kare... Handifungi kuti tiri kutora dzimwe ngozi". Vakuru vakuru vakati vanokarira kuti furo richadonha mukati mokubudiswa. Vakuru vakuru vashomanene veNASA vokudzivirirwa namatekiniki vakaratidzira kushora kwavo kuvhurwa, vachitaura kuti vanoda nguva yakawanda yokushandira chinetso chokuraswa kwefuro. Zvinhu zvinoputika zvefuro zvakanga zviri kukonzera
Njodzi yeColumbia muna 2003.