OT: Shuttle Breaks Up During Re-Entry

[henk brouwer]

Originally posted by minipol:


Also, imagine what an explosion this must have been when people on the ground could hear it. It's just unbelievable. *sigh*

That most likely wasn't the sound of the explosion but the sound of the debris breaking the sound barrier.

[dumbluck]

What a thing to happen on my birthday!!!

[CNCRaymond]

This is strange. Each time Atrocities has been in the hospital, something bad has happened.

Sept 01, Twin Towers.
Oct 02, Washington Sniper
Feb 03, Columbia Shuttle.

I am sensing a pattern here.

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by CNCRaymond:
This is strange. Each time Atrocities has been in the hospital, something bad has happened.

Sept 01, Twin Towers.
Oct 02, Washington Sniper
Feb 03, Columbia Shuttle.

I am sensing a pattern here.

The Twin Towers fell on Sept, 11 (9,11) not Sept, 1.. The shuttle Columbia tradegy happened yesterday Feb, 1 (unless you meant the shuttle Challenger? which I believe happened on feb 14 {but my memory could be wrong on this!}) So much for your theory!

Originally posted by dumbluck:
What a thing to happen on my birthday!!!

Mt. Saint-Helen erupted on my birthday! but that was a 'natural' desaster so it's hard to compare!

[ February 02, 2003, 11:13: Message edited by: David Gervais ]

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by minipol:
Other comments on TV said this might delay the program by some 2 years. Off course this is pure speculation but that wouldn't be very positieve.

I really don't think that this time arround it will suffer much of a delay, this time there is the space station, and I know that the astronaughts up there will not be abandonned. They will need supplies and can't stay up there for two years waiting for replacements!

If it were me, I'd try to get another shuttle up as soon as posible. This kind of 'action' would both reassure the people and honor the memories and dreams of the fallen heroes!

..after all, "Delay and demoralize" is a tactic most used on an 'enemy' why would anyone use a tactic like that on friends and family?

Have a good day, CHeers!

[dumbluck]

Challenger, IIRC, disintegrated on liftoff on January 19th. The Columbia astronauts (along with all other NASA personel) observed a moment of silence on the exact moment that Challenger exploded. This moment of silence took place whilst Columbia was in orbit.

edit: A quick google search finds that the challenger was lost on January 28th. So much for my memory...

2nd edit: Mount St. Helens? Where's that, in Canada?

3rd edit: Heres another theory for you. Apollo 1 fire tragically kills 3 astronauts on the pad: Jan 27. Challenger explosion: Jan 28th. And now Columbia on Feb. 1.

Conclusion: Don't be a NASA astronaut at the end of January/beginning of February.

[ February 02, 2003, 11:38: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[CNCRaymond]

01 = 2001
02 = 2002
03 = 2003