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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: Howlin
DU links will be allowed on this thread, but this thread only. May the world see what kind of
animals DUers are.
To: SamKeck
Question. What if the engineers had concluded after lift off that the damage was re-entry compromising? What would/could they do?
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posted on
02/01/2003 8:20:38 AM PST
by
Zebra
To: Smile-n-Win
I cannot understand why anybody would even CARE to read what those creeps say anytime, much less now.
To: WhirlwindAttack
The only "evidence" for sabotage is that the shuttle is a highly visible and symbolically significant target. But against that there is the fact that there was a massive security program in place to avert this.
Plus, there is a consistent alternative explanation: If the wing was damaged enough to cause a problem, that problem would have manifested itself on re-entry.
And add to that the fact there are many highly effective terrorist attacks that would have a much larger casualty and economic impact on the U.S.
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posted on
02/01/2003 8:20:43 AM PST
by
eno_
To: GRRRRR
Just put my flag out flying high. Encourage everyone else to do the same.
To: txdoda; anotherdubya
I was outside, heard *strange* boom, boom, boom, sounds...About 6/8.....when I looked up, there were two smoke trails across the sky.....Tv is saying more debris found in Nacadoches.... This is exactly what my brother describes...it's what made him think it wasn't a sonic boom.
To: freedumb2003
NASA HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN 10 MINUTES!
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posted on
02/01/2003 8:21:00 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
To: All
To: Howlin
Modderator said it was ok, for this thread only. To see their black souls is to know why we fight the good fight in the right way.
To: Howlin
To: DoughtyOne
This is very sad. They were all so young. Sincerest sympathies to the families of all these brave, fine astronauts.
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posted on
02/01/2003 8:21:15 AM PST
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: AF68
To: Admin Moderator
The world knows. I don't see why we have to mess us our archives with their pettiness.
To: The South Park Republican
There is a difference between links and posts from DU
To: Theophilus
The tire pressure change would have been the first indication of the heat buildup. That scar across central Texas is truly horrible.
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posted on
02/01/2003 8:21:35 AM PST
by
clintonh8r
(It's better to be feared than to be respected.)
To: AlGone2001
It would be my guess that it was past sundown, but am not sure. I think it was just around sundown.
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To: Jim Noble
Not on the Sabbath. Why is this? Are their tv station/stations state-owned,and cut off on the Sabbath? If not,surely a large part of their population aren't Ultra-Orthodox,and they would be watching something as historic as this.
To: sharktrager
Yes we do. But at 200K feet. They could end up finding debris in Houston depending on how big the explosion was. When I was living in Alabama 1999.....they has an intact wing flap was up on the beach in Panama City.
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posted on
02/01/2003 8:21:48 AM PST
by
txradioguy
(HOOAH! Not just a word, A way of life!)
To: JustAnAmerican
CBS Radio news just repeated that body parts have been found.
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