[rintense]

I am in shock. I've been watching FNC for the past half hour and I really have no words. The one thing I did observe is that the amateur video they showed looked like the shuttle was sideways on re-entry. There was also some white debris in that same frame shot.

If the shuttle re-entered sideways, it was more than likely spinning out of control before it re-entered.

[OReilly]

If the shuttle re-entered sideways, it was more than likely spinning out of control before it re-entered.

There was an eye-witness report of a streak that was not going straight (but rather a spiral) The report was by a person that had seen previous Shuttle re-entries...

[bonesmccoy]

nah rintense...the vehicle in the CNN video from WFAA showed an intact vehicle and then a breakup of the vehicle as it tumbled.

The media is starting to SPIN this as an EXPLOSION.

IT is NOT an explosion.

The wide debris field is due to pieces of the vehicle having different kinetic energy profiles (caused by different amounts of drag on the pieces).

[kstewskis]

I am in shock. I've been watching FNC for the past half hour and I really have no words. The one thing I did observe is that the amateur video they showed looked like the shuttle was sideways on re-entry. There was also some white debris in that same frame shot.

I saw that too. And apparently traveling at Mach 17.

Gives me chills. It's getting near time for loss of words here....

[txradioguy]

they just showed some new video on FNC. It looks like the Shuttle was on fire before it got within camera range. Could mean something went wrong during that blackout time after the re-entry burn is completed and when they are able to regain radio contact

[Moonman62]

I am in shock. I've been watching FNC for the past half hour and I really have no words. The one thing I did observe is that the amateur video they showed looked like the shuttle was sideways on re-entry. There was also some white debris in that same frame shot.

I saw that too, and it's only on the video that Fox has. At first it looks like the orbiter is stable and flying straight ahead, then there's a pan back and it looks like it's sideways with the left side leading.

[ez]

If the shuttle re-entered sideways, it was more than likely spinning out of control before it re-entered.

Computer error? Computer sabotage? Ouch...