OT: Shuttle Breaks Up During Re-Entry

David E. Gervais · #1 February 2nd, 2003, 01:23 PM

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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 · #2 February 2nd, 2003, 01:27 PM

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 · #3 February 2nd, 2003, 01:39 PM

01 = 2001
02 = 2002
03 = 2003

David E. Gervais · #4 February 3rd, 2003, 02:07 AM

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

Mt. Saint Helen's is in the US!

..2001, 2002, 2003! I guess I missinterpreted that one!

Shyrka · #5 February 3rd, 2003, 02:26 AM

All newspapers in Spain show the disaster in its 1st page. How sad. Not only for the U.S., but for all the world

DavidG · #6 February 3rd, 2003, 02:26 AM

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Originally posted by David Gervais:
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!

However the shuttle is not necessary to bring them home. They have a Soyuz (sp?) to do that. I also heard a theory they may launch one shuttle just to bring them home if they feel it is safer that the Soyuz

oleg · #7 February 2nd, 2003, 04:56 PM

ISS program will probably continue. Yesterday Russia sent a supply ship as it was planned. The major problem is how to procced with ISS construction. It would need 25 shuttle launches just to finish it. What will happen now - nobody knows.