51829 Williemccool (2001 OD ) is an asteroid named for astronaut Willie McCool, who was killed in the STS-107 ("Columbia") space shuttle reentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 51829 Williemccool was discovered on July 21, 2001 at Palomar Observatory by the JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program.
Asteroids killed three people in 2003.