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Old 02-01-2003, 08:23 AM
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Unhappy Let's all say a prayer..

for the famillies and crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia that was lost today over Texas.
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Old 02-01-2003, 09:02 AM
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I already have. Sad dreadful day.



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Old 02-01-2003, 09:05 AM
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i already have...i am working in a place where i can't see the tv or hear the news...so i just keep hearing hearsay.. that makes it even worse, i really don't know what is going on

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Old 02-01-2003, 09:32 AM
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The space shuttle Columbia, with seven astronauts aboard, broke up as it descended over central Texas today before a planned landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Bush administration spokesman said the shuttle's altitude -- over 200,000 feet -- made it "highly unlikely" that the shuttle fell victim to a terrorist act.
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What a sad sad day.

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Old 02-01-2003, 09:39 AM
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Very sad day, indeed. My thoughts and prayers go out to the astronauts, their families & friends. I look forward to a clear cause and the end to all the rumors I've been hearing.
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Old 02-01-2003, 09:44 AM
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I'm working, too. I only catch a snipit from someone every once in a while. That is a pretty sad thing for this morning. I'm just glad that I don't have to hear about all the horribly sad things that happen every day since they aren't as "major." I hope this happened to just be an accident and not any terrorism.

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Old 02-01-2003, 09:52 AM
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with our technology and everything else...this stuff shouldn't happen...a horriable mistake...a mistake that shouldn't have happened...what a day

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Old 02-01-2003, 10:55 AM
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very sad. we must mourn for our loss. those were some of our finest trying to make a difference in our lives. makes me very sad. although i doubt there were any terrorist involvement. terrorist have no interest with the space program. i think that they want to make big statements with lots of casualties. also nasa has very high security.
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Old 02-01-2003, 11:30 AM
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Old 02-01-2003, 11:58 AM
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How many more years is the space travel gonna be delayed because of this?

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Old 02-01-2003, 12:14 PM
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I was getting out of the shower when Jean stuck her head in the bathroom to tell me that NASA had lost contact with Columbia. I had known that it was landing today, but it had slipped my mind.....the flights unfortunately tend to slip by anymore, although this one shouldn't have. I figured that the shuttle would probably still land OK, even if the communications were out. I turned on the TV and with the sound down, I saw the camera angle that showed the normal reentry trace....but....then the pieces began coming off. My heart fell to my feet. It looked exactly like the video of the MIR space station coming down over the Pacific. I knew it had come apart, and at that altitude and speed....there would be no survivors.

Lee ,our thoughts and prayers are with the families and the larger family at NASA. ....I thought of you very quickly. The wonderful tour you gave us just last month of the Cape....being able to stand where John Glenn went into space. I know all of you at the Cape are part of a special group, and our thoughts are with you and your co-workers at this time.

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Old 02-01-2003, 12:39 PM
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We in Canada mourn the loss of all those astronauts!

May their sould rest in peace and thank you for their committment to space exploration...

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Old 02-01-2003, 12:45 PM
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<How many more years is the space travel gonna be delayed because of this?>

When the Challenger was lost, it was almost 3 years to get another shuttle up. There was a similar delay with the Apollo 1 fire, but there is a different factor in the equation this time, and that is the International Space Station. The vast majority of the crew transport and supply and construction has been done with the Shuttle. The Russian capsule attached to the Station is mostly just a lifeboat. Crew can be transported back and forth with Soyuz, and some supplies delivered by the Russian Progress rockets, but the Russians don't have the available hardware to keep up the pace of the shuttles. I forsee the Station having to be temporarily abandoned in March, with the current crew coming home in the Soyuz. Perhaps too many eggs have been placed in the shuttle basket. If the investigation could somehow discover the exact cause in the next few months, and the remaining shuttles repaired in record time, it might not take as long.....but I can't see another shuttle flight for at least a year. Don
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Old 02-01-2003, 12:55 PM
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Just one more personal note. Last year, my science students participated with many other students in our country and around the world, in Project Starshine. The project was designed to study the effect of sunspots on the upper atmosphere, and to study how the swelling of the atmosphere can accelerate the drag on, and early reentry of, low orbit spacecraft. Our job was to hand-polish three mirrors that would be installed on the satellite's outer shell. The satellite was to look like a large disco-ball, with its many mirrors reflecting light that would be easily seen on the ground. Counting the flashes, observers on the ground could calculate the rate of desent of the satellite until it would eventually reenter and burn up. There had been several earlier satellites in the series. This last summer, cracks were discovered in the shuttle engines and all the engines had to be inspected and repaired. This pushed back the schedule of the various payloads, and our little Starshine satellite was pushed back until later this year (03). Before the delay caused by the engines, our project was to have gone up this month......just a couple of weeks ago.....and would have been launched from.... Columbia.
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Old 02-01-2003, 01:24 PM
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I had hoped after the Challenger, I woundn't even have to see such a loss again,...I'm sad......

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