Shuttle Columbia

[Dorikin]

Ya man I'm jewish.

That bites ass, the 1st Jew and space and he dies.

WTF why does bad shit hapen to us??

[Street Sweeper]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the astronaughts families as they must me going through an amazingly hard period right now and also because they will never truly have any closure until someone finds out what really happened


BTWorikin I like the tribute/prayer that you did on your sig, I really respect that.

[taranaki]

Originally posted by Dorikin
Ya man I'm jewish.

That bites ass, the 1st Jew and space and he dies.

WTF why does bad shit hapen to us??

It didn't happen to you.So be grateful.

It is 17 years,almost to the day,that the 'Challenger' blew up on take-off.[Jan28,1986].Since then,there have been many successful and uneventful space missions,but this latest tragedy only serves as a reminder of the enormous risks involved in space travel.

There will be hundreds of other people die in accidents today,most of them will be doing things that are considered far less risky.

[Graphik Styles]

they were sayin sumthin bout how most of the space ship failures and stuff have happened in the January months.........

and i dunno if its tru but they say it was like styrofoam that struck it......and becaue it was goin so fast that it cause the tiles in the back (which resist the heat crap) fell off........and then they like crashed or sumthin...........

[integr8]

Truley sad. Heard about it on my drive to work, just like I heard about 9/11. Gotta hate waking up to shit like that.

They do have an escape system, I saw it on a special the other day. Its an arm that they slide out on and it opens parachutes attachted to them. Its only meant to be used at low altitudes though, and obviously at much slower speeds than they were at. The Ironic part is they said this system was developed after the Challenger disaster, and then this happens a week after I see it.

[Steel]

ugh. Two NASA disastersin my life so far, an i'm only 18.

naki: try 16 years

[JD@af]

Originally posted by Steel
ugh. Two NASA disastersin my life so far, an i'm only 18.

naki: try 16 years

Aren't you studying to be an engineer? Try 17 years Heh heh.

[primera man]

My thoughts go out to the family and friends of the seven on board, on what is another sad day for the USA

[darkness]

My respects to eveyone involved with the situation.

The details I have reseached so far(www and Cnn tv).

On launch of this mission a piece of high-density foam(not styrofoam) from the front shuttle support struts broke off and impacted on the leading edge of a wing(left side I think).

this broke a heat sheild tile off the wing. NASA states that this has happened on prior missions and has not affected anything enough to cause an incident, so was not a serious threat.

On re-entry at approx. 49 miles in altitude, NASA lost contact with the shuttle. Video footage shows the breakup. from that distance on video it just looks like a rather large shooting star breaking into pieces.

No further details have been released.

The shuttle only has an ejection/escape system for low altitude when the spacecraft is on final approach to the runway.

At the altitude and speed they were travelling any ejection/escape is simple not possible or survivable.

[Graphik Styles]

Originally posted by darkness
My respects to eveyone involved with the situation.

On launch of this mission a piece of high-density foam(not styrofoam) from the front shuttle support struts broke off and impacted on the leading edge of a wing(left side I think).

ahh watever styrofoam, high density foam.......same shit.........

[replicant_008]

Space Travel is an inherently risky venture. The consequences of one of the myriad of complex system failing can be catastrophic.

Often we are lulled due to the regularity of manned space-flight that this mode of transportation is safe. It isn't and in all likelihood won't be for some time, given the nature of the forces necessary to hurl an object to escape velocity and the harshness of the environmental extremes.

Let's be really honest - this isn't some carnival ride this is a heroic, dangerous and inherently complex enterprise. It is a tribute to all involved in the manned space programme and indeed those involved in the launch of satellites that we take this all for granted. Everyday we use a phone, watch the news, use a computer, drive our cars - the relentless pursuit of technology and the ubiquity of the technology spawned by our toehold in orbit make us oblivious and unmoved by fantastic nature of the manned space flight.

My condolences to those who have suffered loss. It is a sad day when we lose heroes and sadder still when we failed to appreciate their endeavours.

[Jimster]

Space travel is somewhat a risky business- Of course it is a tradegy when anyone dies- yet alone 7 people- But I can't see why this is any bigger than an accident outside Naples a few weeks ago where two vans and a truck collided killing 3 children and leaving 4 more as orphans (2 parents died) every day people are killed on the roads while they just get from A to B they don't expect to be dead before they get to where they are going


Sorry to sound pesimistic- but really I don't see much difference between this and the thousands of road acidents that kill millions of people each year- other than the shuttle being worth billions of dollars and a car being worth about 10,000 dollars

[Graphik Styles]

Originally posted by Jimster
Space travel is somewhat a risky business- Of course it is a tradegy when anyone dies- yet alone 7 people- But I can't see why this is any bigger than an accident outside Naples a few weeks ago where two vans and a truck collided killing 3 children and leaving 4 more as orphans (2 parents died) every day people are killed on the roads while they just get from A to B they don't expect to be dead before they get to where they are going


Sorry to sound pesimistic- but really I don't see much difference between this and the thousands of road acidents that kill millions of people each year- other than the shuttle being worth billions of dollars and a car being worth about 10,000 dollars

never really thought bout that.....but now that i have i agree with you 100%...............the only reason people care more about this is because it has basically been shown as such a big thing.........if it was just shown as the rest of the deaths then im pretty sure that people would not have cared as much....................so its basically up to the new reporters and the tv stations to choose wat they think is bg new and wat is small news.........cause watever they show more.........thats wat people will care about more................

[Damien]

Originally posted by Dorikin
Ya man I'm jewish.

That bites ass, the 1st Jew and space and he dies.

WTF why does bad shit hapen to us??

It's actually even more weird that it did, ya know? It's always said you were God's chosen people and you've survived three wars with the Middle East.

Yeah, I'm with Jimster on this. I was thinking this all day. I was stuck at my swim mmet with a radio and practically every station had the NASA conference on it or Bush's statement. I can understand Bush's since it was the president, but most of the stations had that on forever! I think it was bad a big deal the same reason that they did about the plane that crashed in...Queens? Maybe it was terroism which I know it's know. But all the omen signs are creepy......

[YogsVR4]

Originally posted by Jimster
Space travel is somewhat a risky business- Of course it is a tradegy when anyone dies- yet alone 7 people- But I can't see why this is any bigger than an accident outside Naples a few weeks ago where two vans and a truck collided killing 3 children and leaving 4 more as orphans (2 parents died) every day people are killed on the roads while they just get from A to B they don't expect to be dead before they get to where they are going

Sorry to sound pesimistic- but really I don't see much difference between this and the thousands of road acidents that kill millions of people each year- other than the shuttle being worth billions of dollars and a car being worth about 10,000 dollars

Its always awful when acidents occur. The difference - good or bad - is the number of people who care at that moment. Family and friends care in a car crash. A lot more people have emotional intrest in the shuttle program. Think of auto racers who die. Same thing. More people then the family have some emotional intrest.