Reaction from Edwards Air Force Base

By Andy Bowers

Published February 2, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on reaction to the crash of the space shuttle Columbia in the communities around Edwards Air Force Base.

Andy Bowers

Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.

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