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Topic: COLUMBIA WAY OVERDUE
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Rodina
Member Posts: 824
From: Pleasant Hill, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 09:14 AM
   
Check News, and pray. This is not a drill.
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paulj
Member Posts: 52
From: Suffolk, UK
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted February 01, 2003 09:37 AM
CNN is currently showing a video of multiple trails over Texas.very bad news. Paul IP: Logged |
Philip
Member Posts: 3326
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 09:54 AM
Images showed a white ball breaking apart with 3 separate points behind it ... might be the 3 SSME Space Shuttle Main Engines ...
Looks like break-up occured at 63000 meter ... too high for any emergency bail-out I'm afraid !
What could cause this ?
Software fault ...
On-board explosion ?[This message has been edited by Philip (edited February 01, 2003).] IP: Logged |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1139
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 10:09 AM
getting the news over hear. news report have not shown any reply of the aprrocah for landing.Oh man this is wierd, seems like a disaster happens every 25 years IP: Logged |
Gordon Reade
Member Posts: 304
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 10:46 AM
I just hope NASA can get back on it's feet soon.This is such a tragidy. I can't write anymore about it now. IP: Logged |
Philip
Member Posts: 3326
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 10:52 AM
Sounds like the piece of foam-insulation which broke off the External Tank during launch might have hit the shuttle orbiter's tile insulation ...
With the Lab onboard the shuttle cargo-bay, an EVA could not be performed to check the damage this piece might have caused ...
Almost sure a break-up due to insulation failure ...IP: Logged |
music_space
Member Posts: 426
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 10:55 AM
My prayers go to the astronaut's families... Mr. Ramon attended my show with his family a year ago almost to the day...How lonely must the crew of ISS might feel at the moment... "And while with silent,
lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed
sancity of space
Put out my hand
and touched
the face of God." François Guay, Montreal IP: Logged |
OPOS
Member Posts: 183
From: Inverness, FL
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted February 01, 2003 11:17 AM
I am just numb......Godspeed to all involved...Tom Edmonds IP: Logged |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1139
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 11:19 AM
ooopsss wrong math. maybe like under twenty years.cable new showing footage of debres breaking up over fort worth, tx shot by a local tv camera person. a spokesperson from kennedy center mention of heat shield or tile damage on left wing. it couldn't be viewed closely to see what damage cause the robot arm was not attach for this trip. IP: Logged |
andrewcarson
Member Posts: 349
From: Liverpool UK
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 11:25 AM
What an awful day..........
My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the crew of Columbia.UK television report parts of the tail falling off... causing loss of vehicle .. but who knows. I dont belive this has happened...its a nightmare !! Andrew
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sapper82
Member Posts: 169
From: Canada
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted February 01, 2003 11:32 AM
My God...Watching this on CNN now, they have announced a news conference at 1130 EST, where we'll get the first details. CNN has Jerry Linenger on the phone giving comment, and Hartsfield was on before that. We should have more details shortly... A very sad day for space exploration... ------------------
Andrew B. Godefroy, MA, FBIS
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Rob Sumowski
Member Posts: 433
From: Macon, Georgia
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted February 01, 2003 11:42 AM
Godspeed the Crew of 107.Rob Sumowski IP: Logged |
spaceman
Member Posts: 482
From: Walsall,West Mids,UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 11:56 AM
I can't believe this. What a shock. I like the rest of you have been following this mission all week downloading photos of happy smiling people involved with their work and enjoying the greatest of experiences...and now so sadly this...words cant say enough.
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uzzi69
Member Posts: 181
From: Richmond, IN USA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 12:15 PM
My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the STS-107 crew.This is tragic on so many levels...
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icarkie
Member Posts: 485
From: BURTON ON TRENT /England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 12:19 PM
As in Jan 86 I'm praying for the family and crew of COLUMBIA.
At the time here in the UK I was reading a book when there was a news flash.
The book I was reading I saw a quotation by GUS GRISSOM that I was thinking about putting in the free space Forum on this site. Rob Sumowski had it also in his post. The quote is " If we die,we want people to accept it.
Were in a risky business,and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program.
The conquest of space is worth the risk of life".
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derek
Member Posts: 254
From: N.Ireland.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 12:35 PM
Deepest sympathies to the crew's families and friends from everyone in Ireland.------------------
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pad leader
Member Posts: 101
From: swadlincote, derbyshire uk
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 12:57 PM
ive just seen the news and am in shock.. my deepest sympathies for all the famalies and indeed everyone at NASA. cant get over it. god bless STS-107.
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John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1222
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 12:58 PM
Tragic state of events today.. Of course, as others have already stated , that all of us who enter this site for news on our latest successes now enter to extend our heartfelt condolences to all involved not only with NASA, but many of you who actually know astoronauts and other personnel involved in the pursuit of mans greatest adventure.. we can only imagine the pain and devastation that some of you closely imvolved must feel. Seven more Heroes, as then President Reagan eulogized the last lost crew, who have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and touched the face of God..IP: Logged |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 1709
From: Renton, WA USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted February 01, 2003 01:21 PM
I've had the TV on since 8am Seattle time here. I don't know what to say....IP: Logged |
Jacqueline
Member Posts: 344
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 03:55 PM
This is truly awful. I have only just seen it on the news.My thoughts are with the families of the crew. Jacqueline IP: Logged |
Ben Evans
New Member Posts: 9
From: England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 04:07 PM
I am numb with shock at the tragic loss of Columbia today, coming almost 17 years to the week after the Challenger disaster. I was particularly upset by the STS-107 tragedy. In April 2001, I had the great privilege of speaking to Rick Husband on the telephone from his Houston office. He had just begun training for STS-107 and we spoke for half an hour about the mission on which he was about to embark. I found him courteous and eager to share with me his experiences of space travel and the wonder of it all. He and the rest of the STS-107 crew are an inspiration to us all.Ben Evans (West Midlands, UK) IP: Logged |
Rodina
Member Posts: 824
From: Pleasant Hill, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 06:51 PM
Small comfort, but CNN just had footage of a hearse removing human remains from a field in Hemphill, TX --- that's fifty miles from the bulk of the debris.IP: Logged |
redstorm63
Member Posts: 38
From: Charlotte, NC, USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 08:35 PM
I cannot comprehend the loss of these 7 brave men and women yet. I am still shocked over this loss. I wish their families all the best in the world. My prayers are with those family members and all those who work and labor on the Space Shuttle fleet. Brandon IP: Logged |
Robonaut
Member Posts: 183
From: Solihull, West Mids, England
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted February 01, 2003 09:04 PM
I do not have the right words to express my sorrow.My thoughts are with the families. Rob Wood IP: Logged |
nasamad
Member Posts: 1521
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted February 01, 2003 09:56 PM
Been out working for past 2 days, just got in a heard the terrible news, I can't believe it.
The families are in my thoughts. Adam IP: Logged |
Rodina
Member Posts: 824
From: Pleasant Hill, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted February 02, 2003 12:39 AM
Of all the things I saw today, I think this one hurt the most:
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Rodina
Member Posts: 824
From: Pleasant Hill, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted February 02, 2003 02:01 AM
I'm doing a fair amount of blogging about all this at my blog:patheticearthlings.blogspot.com I'd welcome any thoughts or corrections you might have to my postings. You guys know this stuff better than me and if I can fix a technical error, I want to.
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utaustinguy
New Member Posts: 1
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted February 02, 2003 02:05 AM
God Speed http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-109/lores/ksc-02pd-0217.jpg [This message has been edited by collectSPACE Admin (edited February 02, 2003).] IP: Logged |
music_space
Member Posts: 426
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted February 03, 2003 02:14 PM
The saddest picture I've seen is one of the Astrovan returning empty from the landing facility at KSC on Saturday...IP: Logged |
