Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mumakore matatu apfuura, NASA yakashandisa mari inofungidzirwa kuva mabhiriyoni $1,3 kuti igadzirise 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. Kuputika kwezvimedu zvebhuruu ndiko kwakakonzera njodzi yeColumbia
muna 2003.