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finti
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Space Shuttle missing
Just saw the space shuttle Colombia is missing just before landing
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Feb 1st, 2003 02:51 PM |
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Kevski
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How can a space shuttle go missing?????
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Feb 1st, 2003 02:56 PM |
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finti
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From BBC
The American space agency Nasa says it lost communication with the space shuttle Columbia about 15 minutes before it was due to land at the Kennedy space centre.
There were seven crew members aboard the shuttle - six Americans and the first Israeli in space.
It was not immediately clear what had happened to the shuttle, but there are reports of debris falling to the ground.
Relatives of the astronauts who were awaiting the shuttle's arrival were taken away from mission control.
The shuttle's landing was overdue. It had been scheduled to arrive at the Florida space center at 0916 (1416 GMT).
Television pictures showed a vapour trail from the craft as it flew over the Texas city of Dallas.
It then appeared to disintegrate into several separate vapour trails.
Nasa has declared an emergency and search and rescue teams have been mobilised.
According to Nasa, the shuttle was about 200,000 feet up and travelling at 12,500 (20,000 kph) mph when contact was lost.
Although Nasa did not say what had happened to the shuttle, it warned that any debris found in the area should be avoided and could be hazardous.
In 42 years of human space flight, Nasa has never lost a space crew during landing.
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Feb 1st, 2003 02:57 PM |
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Kevski
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Shit! That sounds bad!
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:06 PM |
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Ushgarak
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There seems to be no confirmation of falling debris yet, but NASA has issued a caution about not to approach any if found. Could be just a precaution.
The only other significant things about tis mission was the Israeli astronaut- which caused extre security to be present due to vague fears of terrorist action- and that a piece of insulation fell off the shuttle as it took off. That was meant to be insignificant.
Worrying.
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:08 PM |
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Fire
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Bbye shuttle (!)
well something went wrong, I hope they find out what went wrong so they can try to do something against it next time
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:10 PM |
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Kevski
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Hold on, wot has happened to my sig? Who put that? Sorry, if it's caused offense to anyone.
Back to topic....
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:10 PM |
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Kevski
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It's just been confirmed that the shuttle has exploded!
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:38 PM |
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yes
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:38 PM |
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Catch 22
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Prior to burnout from orbit there was indications of damage to some heat shield tiles. It was inspected from the inside of the shuttle, but no EVA was performed.
The go/no go was called and a go was confirmed.
Shuttle contact was lost over Texas as the shuttle was in excess of 200,000 feet up and travelling at mach 25!!!
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:46 PM |
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Ushgarak
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"Broken up" is the term they are using. But yes, very bad news.
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:47 PM |
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Tex
Yumsz
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OMG!
I saw what happened with my own eyes.
They have been talking with people in the suburbs who actually heard an enormous sonic boom, I didn't hear anything, but it looked absolutely fine, I've seen about 7 shuttle landings, most of them at night, they always flyover Dallas.
About 20 seconds after first spotting it, I could see that is was breaking up. Its hard to tell on the videos that they have been showing on TV, but in person, I could tell that it was drastically slowing down as it broke up.
Really sad. Kind of in shock right now.
On TV they have been telling people not to touch any debris.
They belive the wereckage is in East Texas.
I woke up early just to see it. 
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:47 PM |
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NASA have confirmed that there is NO viable bailout procedure for this part of the re-entry process.
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Catch 22!
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:48 PM |
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I have only ever seen a shuttle in flight once, and that was from 60 miles away.
It must be a chilling site to see one breaking up in the atmosphere.
One thing is for sure, shuttle flights can probably NOT be suspended at this point.
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:49 PM |
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finti
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must have been unreal
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:52 PM |
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There was a KNOWN problem with the LEFT wing of the shuttle.
This was the problem that was visually inspected.
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:56 PM |
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finti
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just saw it on tv, hard to see anything but there might be better films comming in throughout the day
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Feb 1st, 2003 03:58 PM |
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Tex
Yumsz
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They are finding debris in the area.
My friend Alex said he was woken up by a loud boom that shook his entire house. He lives about 10 miles north of me.
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Feb 1st, 2003 04:02 PM |
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Dim
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God this is just sad...just like when the Challanger exploded.
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Feb 1st, 2003 05:41 PM |
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Tex
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The local news channel helicopters have been sending back shots of debris.
Most about the size of a car hood.
One of the crew members, the woman from India, was an Alumni from my school. UTA.
Really sad.
Cant believe I actually saw it.
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