That should read Tonight's thread is dedicated to the memory of the seven Columbia astronauts.
As C-SPAN switched their calls to the Columbia disaster on the Washington Journal yesterday AM, there were still the hateful seminar callers attacking President Bush, with some even blaming him as part of a plot. By the afternoon, and after the President's address and the NASA News Conference, C-SPAN again opened their lines. Not one of the 12-15 calls I heard was negative.
As always, the APOD posting today shows you and the gentlemen at JPL with a lot of class. Thank you.
Understandably. Thanks for the ping. I was numb all day yesterday, as in a stupor from shock. I heard it yesterday at my house, not knowing what it was. It was a short while later that I realized what I had heard. My Dad lives 72 miles east of Dallas and he heard it too. He went outside to make sure nothing hit the house it was so loud...
Suspicion falls on wing tiles - but heat-shield
damage during liftoff is only one possibility
Video link: Shuttle over D/FW, Texas
