Heart-breaking. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
To: Gang of Five
2 posted on
01/27/2004 12:45:03 PM PST by
NonValueAdded
("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people." GWB 1/20/04)
To: Gang of Five
This means
Columbia was doomed at liftoff. That week or so they spent in orbit was all for naught. The ending would have been the same no matter what.
I vaguely remember hearing about that foam breaking away after liftoff during the Shuttle flight last year and then the story just died. Does anybody else remember that?
3 posted on
01/27/2004 12:53:38 PM PST by
SamAdams76
(I got my 401(k) statement - Up 28.02% in 2003 - Thanks to tax cuts and the Bush recovery)
To: Gang of Five
Amen
4 posted on
01/27/2004 12:59:07 PM PST by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: Gang of Five
"The survivability study concluded relatively modest design changes might enable future crews to survive long enough to bail out."
5 posted on
01/27/2004 1:00:11 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: Gang of Five
Amen
6 posted on
01/27/2004 1:00:50 PM PST by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: Gang of Five; SamAdams76
That's funny - I didn't see it mentioned anywhere that the foam that broke off was the new environmentally friendly stuff that doesn't harm the ozone layer like the foam we used to use.
8 posted on
01/27/2004 1:27:45 PM PST by
Wumpus Hunter
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure)
To: Gang of Five
Columbia BTTT.
11 posted on
01/27/2004 1:57:50 PM PST by
spodefly
(This is my tagline. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: Gang of Five
That was tough to read. It amazes me how the disaster conditions can be recreated to determine the exact stages of the disintegration.
12 posted on
01/27/2004 2:01:17 PM PST by
Rebelbase
( <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure put it in your tagline too!)
To: Gang of Five
"The most complicated machine ever built " Somehow I doubt that given that it was designed like 30 years ago. Surely the B2 is more complicated.
15 posted on
01/27/2004 2:16:31 PM PST by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Gang of Five
Just: Wow.
19 posted on
01/27/2004 2:37:44 PM PST by
Lazamataz
(The Republicans have turned into Democrats, and the Democrats have turned into Marxists.)
To: *Space; KevinDavis
Space taps ping.
21 posted on
01/27/2004 7:28:30 PM PST by
anymouse
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