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Space Shuttle Landing Live Thread(Update: 2d Pass on landing. Weather unstable. 24 Hour extension)
08/07/05
| Kevin Davis
Posted on 08/07/2005 4:25:15 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Well since the Space Shuttle is landing at 4:45 am, I figure I start a live thread now (I won't be awake)...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: capecanaveral; discovery; eileencollins; finalfrontier; iss; kennedyspacecenter; nasa; shuttle; shuttlediscovery; space; spaceshuttle; sts114
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
To: oceanview
They were working the problem because they didn't know it was caused by wing damage. The military offered to photograph the shuttle Columbia for NASA. NASA's engineers all signed off that the debris hitting the wing was of no consequence. In fact they even decided *not* to use an alternate flight used to break more and differently to reduce stress on the wing because they were so sure. They were pompous and felony stupid at NASA. The CA engineers who used to work the shuttle knew it was trouble. Amateurs at FR and elsewhere on-line knew a chunk of ice at that velocity was trouble.
And yet, seeming because NASA knew it couldn't actually fix the problem in space, couldn't get Columbia up to ISS, couldn't dock Columbia with anything, couldn't use EVA suits, couldn't use a robotic arm for snap shots... they didn't bother pursuing the issue and just hoped they were right. Those seven were already dead just after lift off and didn't know it yet. Columbia's loss was a truly horrific case of incompetence and lack of preparedness.
The reality didn't set it until reentry began and the warning light went off. When the Columbia started to come apart, the astronauts were definitely alive. There was definitely a point where knew they would never make it home.
There's every indication even Challenger's astronauts died on the way down or upon hitting the water rather than in the initial explosion.
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posted on
08/07/2005 7:16:04 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Choose LIFE. Circumcision = Barbarism. It's HIS body; what about HIS right to choose?)
To: KevinDavis
IIRC . . . and that was because they (Columbia) delivered a super secret satellite to a special orbit.
To: A.A. Cunningham
When the Shuttle Columbia broke up over Texas, it was just twenty minutes from touchdown at the Cape.
By the looks of that map, it will be over Costa Rica or Nicaraugua about 20 minutes before touchdown. Sure would be nice if airline flights were just as fast.
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posted on
08/07/2005 7:25:56 PM PDT
by
Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
(Bush's #1 priority Africa. #2 priority appease Fox and Mexico . . . USA priority #64.)
To: KevinDavis
To: KevinDavis
147
posted on
08/07/2005 7:31:34 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Understand islam understand evil - read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf see link My Page)
To: mcmuffin; Jeremiah Jr
Yikes, looks like a hurricane tracking map.
148
posted on
08/07/2005 7:35:08 PM PDT
by
Thinkin' Gal
(Wisely investing in quality tin foil wardrobe basics since 1998)
To: I still care
Discovery is coming into Florida airspace over Naples. Don't think we'll hear it this time.
149
posted on
08/07/2005 7:37:25 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: KevinDavis
Are you staying up for this Kd?
To: bonfire
I don't have a space ping list; Kevin does though!
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posted on
08/07/2005 7:40:51 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Tangerine Time Machine
I suspect... So, you're suspicious.
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posted on
08/07/2005 7:45:14 PM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(the real enemy seeks to devour what is good)
To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
I was just looking at the forecast winds for tomorrow morning. They should be light (5 knots or less) out of the ssw at the Cape. If NASA decides to land Discovery to the se and make a right turn to get there, my guess is that you might be able to catch a glimpse in Orlando. Lots of 'maybes,' I know.
To: KevinDavis
This is cool !!
I gotta be at work at 5:00 A.M. -- but I'll wake up earlier for this !!
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posted on
08/07/2005 7:46:12 PM PDT
by
Kramster
(" You can't confuse me ... that's my job.")
To: Howlin
I think we need a "night-owl" ping list.
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posted on
08/07/2005 7:47:10 PM PDT
by
bonfire
(dwindler)
To: alancarp
Nor I. Once again FR was ahead of the news as I'm sure it will be tonight. Is anyone else a little worried?
To: markman46
That's right. They had an indicator that the heatshield had popped. Later they decided it hadn't. Glenn said that the retro pack made quite a display as it burned away.
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posted on
08/07/2005 7:56:27 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and open the Land Office)
To: EsmeraldaA
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posted on
08/07/2005 7:59:50 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
To: The Westerner
Is anyone else a little worried? No sense worrying unless in a position to do something about it. We're interested, though, to the extent that what is done on this flight will determine what is done on following flights and the general direction of the space program.
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posted on
08/07/2005 8:00:31 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and open the Land Office)
To: The Westerner; All
I'm a littled worried, but I think things will go fine...
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posted on
08/07/2005 8:01:05 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
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