Shuttle breakup occurred in mysterious part of atmosphere

SJ Mercury News ^ | 2/7/03 | Matthew Fordahl - AP

[TLBSHOW]

[NormsRevenge]

Coincidentally, yes. I remember that a small rainstorm or showers had gone thru the south bay early that morning. I live in North San Jose. About 10 miles north as a crow flies from the Lick Observatory where one of the video was taken. The "strike/encounter" with atmospherically active contact was probably just as shuttle came over the coast and over the land mass.

[Willie Green]

The word "Ignoro" translates to "I do not know."

Sounds like it was invented by Algore.
Does it have anything to do with ozone?

[RckyRaCoCo]

"Get the ionosphere the hell off the air."

LOL

"....the games on!"

Kelly's Heroes, great movie.

[Ole Okie]

This is the first I've heard of a shooting trumpet, although terrorists may be getting more creative.

A "shooting trumpet", also known as a "strumpet"?

Naw, those terrorists are looking for their 72 virgins, not 72 strumpets.

[TLBSHOW]

It sure would change it as it would then of been an act of God that brought the shuttle down....

[latrans]

Any old theory will do.

[NormsRevenge]

One thing to remember that as reported, the temperature increase was slow but steady over bried period of time.. to me , this implies that a "pinhole" penetration or more could have occurred in the wing structure itself, apparently, near the left wing wheel well . as heat built up, it ate away at the wing until structural failure occurred.. who knows? acts of god are hard reminders of how we are a slave to our environment and nothing in the winds of time.

[NormsRevenge]

bried=brief

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

From the link in # 20 above:

Cosmic bolt probed in shuttle disaster Scientists poring over 'infrasonic' sound waves Sabin Russell, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, February 7, 2003

Federal scientists are looking for evidence that a bolt of electricity in the upper atmosphere might have doomed the space shuttle Columbia as it streaked over California, The Chronicle has learned. Investigators are combing records from a network of ultra-sensitive instruments that might have detected a faint thunderclap in the upper atmosphere at the same time a photograph taken by a San Francisco astronomer appears to show a purplish bolt of lightning striking the shuttle.

Thanks for the infoGentlemen. Spites/Jets as a possible cause was raised yesterday at FR.

[TLBSHOW]

My thoughts as to what happened is this..

looks to me to of started way before Texas. Like it was on fire as it came in.

[Finny]

Bookmark 29

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks. Link from yesterday NASA probing whether upper atmosphere electricity doomed shuttle renamed from "Cosmic bolt probed in shuttle disaster Scientists poring over 'infrasonic' sound waves"

[TLBSHOW]

BTTT

[NormsRevenge]

I just saw a better quality shot of the latest released photo. agreed, there is a contrail of dark nature visible. it's not plasma. Damn.<p. the dice are rolled everytime we launch.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

See this link for pictures of a lightning strike on an airplane

http://lightning.pwr.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lrg/temp/plane.html

[sd-joe]

It is obviously a ZOT from the Admin Moderator in the sky.

[Husker24]

Thanks for the pic, but I was referring to the one with the Shuttle.

[dark_lord]

Citing internal NASA studies, the 2002 report for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics said the risk of a shuttle encountering sprites, elves or blue jets when flying over a thunderstorm is 1 in 100 or less.

And there have been, I think, 113 shuttle flights to date?

[NormsRevenge]

Yes, 113.

5 different shuttles have flown and we have lost 2 of those. 6 were built, 1 was used as a trainer and never flew.