Shuttle Columbia

ales · #1 02-01-2003, 10:07 AM

I'm watching the news.

ales · #2 02-01-2003, 10:09 AM

Hope they have an escape capsule. No one seems to know what's going on, but the communication with the shuttle is lost and it seems to have suffered a major failure.

ales · #3 02-01-2003, 10:12 AM

Just said on CNN that there is no ejection system on that thing at all

TheSyndicate · #4 02-01-2003, 10:13 AM

Also don't approach it when it crashes. Something about the chemicals that can kill you.

Ran · #5 02-01-2003, 10:26 AM

oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no man... why????

can't the americans secside in at anything? i think they are dead by now (even if they escaped

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ales · #6 02-01-2003, 10:29 AM

There is no way to escape

And the speed was abou Mach 6, so ...

NASA just confirmed that the shuttle has been lost.

7 on board.

Ran · #7 02-01-2003, 10:30 AM

your probebly write i guess it's another sad day for the world

:o :o :o

Ran · #8 02-01-2003, 10:33 AM

do you think it might be a good idea to make a big forum about that in the front page in AF?

speediva · #9 02-01-2003, 10:55 AM

Wow, just heard. :o My friend sent me to CNN and just as I went to call bluff he brought up another 2 or 3 links.

Sad day indeed.

Ran · #10 02-01-2003, 10:58 AM

yes

..... what do you think about my idea?

speediva · #11 02-01-2003, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by Ran
yes ..... what do you think about my idea?

We'll wait and see how this thread does. There might not be too much of a need for its own forum.

So much for doing homework. I'll probably be glued to the TV to get information now.

JD@af · #12 02-01-2003, 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by ales
Just said on CNN that there is no ejection system on that thing at all

I don't get it. What is the point of installing an ejection system? The shuttle is starting to break up upon re-entry, so let's eject. That would do no good. It might in some situations, but here it would accomlish nothing. The shuttle itself can barely withstand atmospheric re-entry. An ejection system would only serve the astronauts when they are within the earth's atmosphere, which by design, is not much of the time.

Ran · #13 02-01-2003, 11:02 AM

qoute:We'll wait and see how this thread does. There might not be too much of a need for its own forum.

So much for doing homework. I'll probably be glued to the TV to get information now.
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yea me too so see you later

tenguzero · #14 02-01-2003, 11:03 AM

-40 miles up
-entry speeds in excess of mach 12 (descent at around 12,000 miles per hour)

An amazing piece of equipment, and in 42 years of space flight, the first accident of its kind (re-entry loss). An excellent service record on the craft design, it was only 1/3 of the way through its operating life. However, this is why it is called a catastrophy. My deepest sympathy goes out to the families of the seven astronauts onboard. And I hope the exact reasons behind the mission failure are brought to light quickly.

Geez, for only a little over 2 years in office, Bush has dealt with a lifetime's worth of trouble. 9/11, Al-queda, Iraq, N.Korea, now this.

MaximusGTR · #15 02-01-2003, 11:07 AM

Another sad day in American History.

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