This is an interesting story with enough information to whet the appetite of those interested in pursuing the science. However, the principal point of interest is the the way that the experimental results were obtained after the Columbia break-up.

Interesting. Goes to show the only way to keep data secure is to melt the hard drive.

This is really fascinating for anyone interested is scientific achievement. It inadvertently suggests that unmanned robotic probes and rockets can inform us of many things without risk of life. We should do more robotic experiments and save actual human involvement for only those things that really require humans regardless of risk. It is really impressive that these scientists were able to recover the data from apparently destroyed equipment.

An intriguing story about scientific research; good stories like this are hard to find.

It's a good news because it produce the "Wow" effect. The tittle, without being misleading, quickly interested me. A Seagate HD surviving the Columbia crash? "wow!" Was still usable enough to recover information? "double wow!" And most important I learnt something about physics that I have no idea. It gives too a clear picture of how much hard work is in science to analyze data and reach any conclusion. Good to put in real perspective other typical "science" news when they jump from some inference model into the conclusion that the Gene for X (X=very human complex behavior) has been found!