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Shuttle Contact LOST-No Tracking Data During RE-Entry!
Nasa TV
| 02/01/03
| GRRRR
Posted on 02/01/2003 6:16:05 AM PST by GRRRRR
Shuttle has NOT been heard from or seen on tracking radar since 0800Hrs CDT. No contact at Merrit Island tracking station, no voice comm...DEVELOPING.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: astronauts; columbia; columbiatragedy; disaster; du; feb12003; ilanramon; india; israel; nasa; ramon; revoltingevilduers; shuttle; space; spaceshuttle; sts107; unitedstates
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To: ganeshpuri89
1,141
posted on
02/01/2003 8:19:07 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
To: RobFromGa
Honestly. Very upsetting.
To: Mr. Silverback
Tribute bump
To: JA
Anyone else here on TV that the concerned an unusual change in tire pressure?
Navy Hymn
Eternal Father, Strong To Save,
Whose Arm Hath Bound The Restless Wave.
Who Biddst The Mighty Ocean Deep
Its Own Appointed Limits Keep.
O Hear Us When We Cry To Thee
For Those In Peril On The Sea!
Lord Guard And Guide The Men Who Fly
Through The Great Spaces In The Sky.
Be With Them Always In The Air,
In Darkening Storms Or Sunlight Fair.
Oh, Hear Us When We Lift Our Prayer
For Those In Peril In The Air!
To: RobFromGa
A national tragedy, indeed.
To: JohnHuang2; Sabertooth
My prayers are for the families and the crew. I'm so sorry to hear that. May they rest in peace.
Thanks for letting me know, Saber.
To: AF68
Under ground is the perfect place for the DUmbasses.
1,147
posted on
02/01/2003 8:19:29 AM PST
by
clintonh8r
(It's better to be feared than to be respected.)
To: NonValueAdded
>>Flags to half staff<<
Isn't it traditional to wait for a Presidential order?
Doesn't matter, my heart is at half-staff anyway.
To: Petronski
It is on TV radar - around Athens, Jacksonville, Rusk - still shows what must be debris in the atmosphere.
To: OneLoyalAmerican
"Kindly spare us the DU play by play. Anyone truly intersted should just join the fools."
I know, I know, but these (holding nose) people need to be monitored to see what they are up to.
I just can't help but get pissed over these comments. There are things that transcend politics.
To: sobieski
King Jan Sobieski God save the KING...
To: Jim Noble
I think Sabbath is finished over there. Besides, a majority are not that observant.
1,152
posted on
02/01/2003 8:19:49 AM PST
by
Inkie
To: OneLoyalAmerican
The crew module from 51-L survived the explosion at 73 seconds. The module is structurally designed to survive higher g-loads than the rest of the vehicle, so the crew module emerges from the rest of the vehicle as a cannon-ball would.
The question is if the crew module can be on a trajectory that can slow to a few hundred miles an hour prior to impact.
I doubt it.
1,153
posted on
02/01/2003 8:19:55 AM PST
by
bonesmccoy
(Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
To: George W. Bush
In April of 1986, just four months after the Challenger disaster, a Titan 34D blew up at launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base. This grounded the Titan program for years.
To: Admin Moderator
Maybe some of US don't want to read that crap today.
To: Howlin
The Admin Moderator said a couple of posts ago that DU links will be allowed on this thread, and this thread only.
To: All
http://www.democraticunderground.com/duforum/DCForumID60/32795.html
"Has God cursed the US because of Bush?
I can't help but feel that there is more than just random disaster at work when so many horrible things have happened under Shrub.
Terrorism
The Economy
The Middle East
War
Lay-off's
America's negative world image
Is the devine at work here? So many tragedies in such a narrow band, alll within the last two years. Is it coincidence?
Is George Bush the Beast of Revelations?"
To: davidosborne
NASA STATEMENT ON LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH COLUMBIA
A Space Shuttle contingency has been declared in Mission Control, Houston, as a result of the loss of communication with the Space Shuttle Columbia at approximately 9 a.m. EST Saturday as it descended toward a landing at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. It was scheduled to touchdown at 9:16 a.m. EST.
Communication and tracking of the shuttle was lost at 9 a.m. EST at an altitude of about 203,000 feet in the area above north central Texas. At the time communications were lost. The shuttle was traveling approximately 12,500 miles per hour (Mach 18). No communication and tracking information were received in Mission Control after that time.
Search and rescue teams in the Dallas-Fort Worth and in portions of East Texas have been alerted. Any debris that is located in the area that may be related to the Space Shuttle contingency should be avoided and may be hazardous as a result of toxic propellants used aboard the shuttle. The location of any possible debris should immediately be reported to local authorities.
Flight controllers in Mission Control have secured all information, notes and data pertinent to today's entry and landing by Space Shuttle Columbia and continue to methodically proceed through contingency plans.
News media covering the Space Shuttle should stay tuned to NASA Television, which is broadcast on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees West longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz. Reporters can also go to any NASA center newsroom to monitor the situation.
New information, including the times and locations of press briefings, will be posted to this page.
NASA Home Page
To: Jim Noble
>> No doubt much of the nation was watching the re-entry as well<< Not on the Sabbath.
It is after sundown, tv is kosher for even the most othodox. 80% of Israel is secular anyway...
1,159
posted on
02/01/2003 8:20:33 AM PST
by
American in Israel
(Hey, I may be a "rightist" but it beats being wrongest...)
To: ricpic
Is it possible that the re-entry angle was off? Just speculating. AT 8:15 EST Houston had just reported that the de-orbit burn was perfect...
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