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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: Diogenesis
Thanks for the names.
First names would be nice too.

Anybody know if the same crew came back as went up?

1,681 posted on 02/01/2003 9:36:20 AM PST by Publius6961
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To: The South Park Republican
There's an entry at snopes.com about the sketchy evidence the Challenger crew might have survived the initial explosion.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/challeng.htm

1,682 posted on 02/01/2003 9:36:37 AM PST by 68skylark
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To: txradioguy
I didn't hear about that. Was any attempt made to inspect them while in orbit.......

I feel there is much more to this story,,...

1,683 posted on 02/01/2003 9:36:39 AM PST by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Joe Hadenuf
I will. But if I had to make an educated guess *gulp* I would say that the telescopes would have to be at Edwards AFB or at the Mt. Shasta Observatory and were tracking the shuttle as part of normal SOP. Which makes me wonder if the telescopes in the Davis Mountains here in Texas picked up anything....hmmmm.....
1,684 posted on 02/01/2003 9:36:40 AM PST by txradioguy (HOOAH! Not just a word, A way of life!)
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To: txdoda
Are you in East Texas?
1,685 posted on 02/01/2003 9:36:48 AM PST by McLynnan
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To: null and void
Would they have known it was coming or would it have happened so fast that they had no opportunity to panic? I hope so for their sakes. This is so tragic. Our nation has suffered so much grief over the past two years but for the grace of God we could not endure it.
1,686 posted on 02/01/2003 9:37:34 AM PST by sweetliberty (Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it)
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To: bonesmccoy

1,687 posted on 02/01/2003 9:37:40 AM PST by Samurai_Jack
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To: Monty22
yeah, there's a photo in the 51-L Rogers Commission report that shows the intact crew module. Also, AWST had photos of the module with umbilicals trailing behind.
1,688 posted on 02/01/2003 9:37:41 AM PST by bonesmccoy (Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
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To: txradioguy; Joe Hadenuf
Mission Status Center is mentioning the reports from California
1,689 posted on 02/01/2003 9:38:25 AM PST by Ben Ficklin
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To: Samurai_Jack

1,690 posted on 02/01/2003 9:38:34 AM PST by Samurai_Jack
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To: The South Park Republican
At this point the least you could do is fuggedaboudit!

Most of us on this thread have some fact-finding, consoling and mourning to do. Please respect that. Thank you.

1,691 posted on 02/01/2003 9:38:37 AM PST by JennysCool
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Was any attempt made to inspect them while in orbit.......




I didn't hear that part of the story. I'll put my reporter skills to work and see what I can find out.
1,692 posted on 02/01/2003 9:38:51 AM PST by txradioguy (HOOAH! Not just a word, A way of life!)
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To: JennysCool
yes they did... like all of our intrepid space crews...

God bless them.
1,693 posted on 02/01/2003 9:39:04 AM PST by bonesmccoy (Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
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To: bonesmccoy
Good photos from a 1/28/03 thread . . .

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/831121/posts
1,694 posted on 02/01/2003 9:39:07 AM PST by Alberta's Child
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To: wizzler
why they would be reporting from Pal, TX
1,695 posted on 02/01/2003 9:39:15 AM PST by m18436572
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Do you have a link to that radar?
1,696 posted on 02/01/2003 9:39:23 AM PST by Jael
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To: Catspaw
Look....I was doing something that was SPECIFICALLY OK'd by Admin Moderator. And I was taking a BEATING for it. Both here and in private email. Then I defended myself.

You don't like that? I REALLY don't care.

And if you REALLY dont like it, WHY keep BUMPING the freaking issue????

I will NEVER understand things like this........
1,697 posted on 02/01/2003 9:39:32 AM PST by The South Park Republican
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To: No Truce With Kings
Palestine, TX -- which was my former residence -- is home to a NASA facility, the balloon base, where they launch weather observation balloons. The balloon base would be a natural spot for NASA to coordinate activities in that region.>>>>>>>>>>

Thanks........some seem to be *wondering* why Palestine
would be in the news.......
1,698 posted on 02/01/2003 9:39:35 AM PST by txdoda
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To: bonesmccoy
The President is almost at the White House now. They had to drive for security reasons.
The people need the President right now. Kind words from an honest man will help them ease their angush a little.
1,699 posted on 02/01/2003 9:40:09 AM PST by concerned about politics (Stop supporting terrorism!!! ....... Drill ANWAR!)
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To: Ben Ficklin
Thanks Ben!!!!!!!!!!
1,700 posted on 02/01/2003 9:40:49 AM PST by Joe Hadenuf
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