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Charlemagne120
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Booyah!!!
Jan 2003
time: 23:25
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Did someone say to wait for confirmation of Palistine parties before we condone them?
Why? they are bastards......what kind of sick freaks throw parties when a nation who has protected them in the past loses some of their best?
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Eli
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Israel
Jul 2000
time: 07:25
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quote:
Originally posted by Big Crunch
I agree its a sad event, but its no worse a tragedy (in terms of human life) than a major traffic accident with several fatalities. What makes it so much worse as a tragedy? |
The huge impact this is going to have on the Space Program...
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123john321
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quote:
Originally posted by chegitz guevara
(...)I fear for space exploration. |
I the USA, my guess?
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Zkribbler
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
Feb 1999
time: 21:25
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From the Washington Post webpage:
quote:
Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas on Saturday minutes before it was to land in Florida. TV video showed what appeared to be falling debris, as NASA declared an emergency and warned residents to beware of falling objects.
Six Americans and Israel's first astronaut were on board.
NASA announced that search and rescue teams were being mobilized in Dallas and Fort Worth areas.
Columbia was at an altitude of 200,700 feet over north-central Texas at a 9 a.m., traveling at 12,500 mph when mission control lost contact and tracking data.
NASA warned that any debris found in the area should be avoided and could be hazardous. There were reports of debris seen falling.
Residents of north Texas heard "a big bang" Saturday about the time the space shuttle Columbia disappeared on its way to a landing at Cape Canaveral.
"It was like a car hitting the house or an explosion. It shook that much," said John Ferolito, 60, of Carrolton, north of Dallas.
Gary Hunziker in Plano said he saw the shuttle flying overhead. "I could see two bright objects flying off each side of it," he told The Associated Press. "I just assumed they were chase jets."
"I was getting read to go out and I heard a big bang and the windows shook in the house," Ferolito told The Associated Press. "I was getting ready to go out and I heard a big bang and the windows shook in the house. I thought it was a sonic boom."
Bob Multer of Palestine, Texas, told CNN he saw what looked like a high-flying jet and heard a noise.
"It would be very similar to a tornado, it was very loud and intense," Multer said. "It was loud enough and it was low enough that it shook the building."
In 42 years of human space flight, NASA has never lost a space crew during landing or the ride back to orbit. In 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff.
Security had been tight for the 16-day scientific research mission that included the first Israeli astronaut.
The astronauts had conducted more than 80 experiments on behalf of NASA and the European, Japanese, German and Canadian space agencies, as well as numerous student and commercial investigations. The shuttle did not visit the International Space Station on this trip.
Ilan Ramon, a colonel in Israel's air force and former fighter pilot, became the first man from his country to fly in space, and his presence resulted in an increase in security, not only for Columbia's Jan. 16 launch, but also for its landing.
On launch day, a piece of insulating foam on the external fuel tank came off during liftoff and was believed to have struck the left wing of the shuttle.
Leroy Cain, the lead flight director in Mission Control, had assured reporters Friday that engineers had concluded that any damage to the wing was considered minor and posed no safety hazard.
Columbia is NASA's oldest shuttle and first flew in 1981.
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