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[AP SCOOP] Space Shuttle Columbia Will Be Visible In San Francisco Area (6AM Pacific)
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Posted on 02/01/2003 5:38:08 AM PST by leadpenny
Space Shuttle Columbia is in a decent for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will pass over the San Francisco Area around 6:00 AM Pacific Time. Route will take the Shuttle over Las Vegas, Flagstaff, etc. NASA has still not decided which runway will be used. Landing will be at 9:16 AM Eastern.
TOPICS: Announcements; Breaking News; Front Page News; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Nevada; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: classicthreads; columbia; columbiatragedy; disaster; eyewitnesses; feb12003; gratthreads; nasa; newsscoop; orbit; scoopedtheworld; shuttle; shuttletragedy; spaceshuttle; sts107
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To: tomkat
Thanks for the nomination! };^D)
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posted on
02/03/2003 6:05:37 PM PST
by
RJayneJ
(Are there any quilters out there?)
To: McGruff
I visited some of those threads ... I note a number of deletions and even some posts "out of order" - DU is trying to re-write its legacy - the stuff I read on Saturday made me sick.
Excuse me ...barf!
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posted on
02/03/2003 6:44:49 PM PST
by
Tunehead54
(RIP Columbia & Challenger Crews)
To: sissyjane
Thanks. It's our President Bush that needs the prayers, with so much on his plate these days, Iraq, North Korea and now the Space Shuttle.
283
posted on
02/03/2003 8:19:20 PM PST
by
Gracey
To: McGruff
Thanks for that graphic McGruff. I have not seen anything like it. This is another example of what you have contributed to this thread.
To: leadpenny; Dr. Eckleburg; All
Check the map linked by
Dr. Eckleburg, it's more detailed but quite large.
The flight path is even more important now that they believe debris may have fallen as far back as California.
285
posted on
02/04/2003 5:02:58 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.)
To: All
The Green Hills of Earth
Let the sweet fresh breezes heal me
As they rove around the girth
Of our lovely mother planet
Of the cool, green hills of Earth.
We rot in the moulds of Venus,
We retch at her tainted breath.
Foul are her flooded jungles,
Crawling with unclean death.
[ --- the harsh bright soil of Luna ---
--- Saturn's rainbow rings ---
--- the frozen night of Titan --- ]
We've tried each spinning space mote
And reckoned its true worth:
Take us back again to the homes of men
On the cool, green hills of Earth.
The arching sky is calling
Spacemen back to their trade.
ALL HANDS! STAND BY! FREE FALLING!
And the lights below us fade.
Out ride the sons of Terra,
Far drives the thundering jet,
Up leaps a race of Earthmen,
Out, far, and onward yet ---
We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let us rest our eyes on the friendly skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth.
Robert A. Heinlein (circa 1954)
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:08:42 AM PST
by
Gsam4
To: Tunehead54
Pardon my ignorance, but what's DU? Another message board?
Also, last night on their 10:00 newscast, WFAA-TV (Dallas) showed some "exclusive" video, shot by two kids in Arizona, at Wupatki National Monument, at 6:53am local AZ time. Their amazement at the shuttle flying over quickly changed as they saw another light trailing behind it, apparently something coming off of the orbiter. The video, which also mentions still photos taken in CA, is on their site, here (requires RealPlayer or RealOne Player):
http://www.wfaa.com/watchvideo/index.jsp?SID=3683978
To: leadpenny
To: wrcfanintx; Calpernia
Thank you very much for the information and links. Welcome to Free Republic to both of you.
To: leadpenny
You guys did a great job covering the incident. nice information on this board. thank you to all of you.
To: wrcfanintx
The Iraqis are just jealous. The closest they will ever get to space travel is when their vaporized ashes reach the stratosphere riding the top of a mushroom cloud.
To: 44magnum
That was funny. I wish this message board had a recommend feature.
To: 44magnum
To: wrcfanintx
Pardon my ignorance, but what's DU? Another message board? Yes DU is an abbreviation for another message board that is the democrat's version of this board.
Our founder doesn't like us to publicize it, but you might find links to it in some of our posts. Be aware they use a lot of foul language over there.
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:31:36 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.)
To: leadpenny
bump to a truth thread
295
posted on
02/04/2003 11:33:23 AM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: All
I just found about your thread reading through news posted on Internet.
It is really breathless to read through the begining and then...
It is surely going to become a piece of history.
Seen from here, this accident gives the impression that the whole NASA space program is going to be shaken. For many reasons.
To: wrcfanintx
Sorry for the delayed response - DU = www.democratunderground.com - a LIBERAL ripoff of FR with hate and bile spilling over like you cannot believe. Oh, and the language is not "family friendly". FYI - Jim & John Rob prefer posts from that site be avoided - I believe.
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posted on
02/04/2003 6:26:26 PM PST
by
Tunehead54
(RIP Columbia & Challenger Crews)
To: Tax-chick
Me, too. I have a Mysterious Charismatic Intuition that God is going to do a mighty work because of this tragedy ... just don't know what it is yet! Usually my MCI's are about babies, so I'll be interested to see how it works out in global events.
Whenever God starts up something new it's a "birthing" of that thing so your MCI is still on target!
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posted on
02/04/2003 10:00:31 PM PST
by
WomanofStandard
(Life is Hard, but God is Good)
To: Dr. Eckleburg; mewzilla; DoughtyOne; John W; csvset
Maybe this was when the shuttle first got 'low' enough for hte military sats to get a good pic?
Hmmmm....
To: Black Agnes
Argh, darnit. I should proof a bit more.
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