Shuttle Contact LOST-No Tracking Data During RE-Entry!

Nasa TV | 02/01/03 | GRRRR

[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.

[JohnHuang2]

Special prayers for them and their families.

[lodwick]

NASA said Fox guy embelishing with his "toxic" materials - anything soon found will just be HOT.

God bless them all.

[L`enn]

Here in upstate NY it is similar to the Challenger, as schoolchildren were following this flight closer than others. There was an ant experiment on board from Fowler High School in Syracuse.

[Lion's Cub]

OMG! Am I hearing correctly? Are they suspecting some kind of missle shootdown?

[mewzilla]

Communications were garbled and static? Anyone know if that's normal during this part of the landing?

[lonestar]

I live in souteast and I heard a noise, not loud, that I thought was an explosion. Our windows rattled.

Now I wonder if it was the shuttle.

What I heard lasted for probably 10-15 seconds.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

MSNBC, after first showing the shuttle explosion, said they were cutting to mission control at NASA when a male voice came on and said (almost word for word and in a "light" voice), "the Japanese shot it down because they thought Howard Stern was aboard"- MSNBC quickly cut to real NASA official. Bizarre and nauseating joker...how could someone patch into the MSNBC feed?

[oldvike]

Prayers for the crew and their families.

Any pics in yet of palestinians cheering in the streets yet?

[montag813]

And the one thing that's gonna make me vomit faster is the thought of celebrations going on in the other Palestine right now.

Yes, there will be dancing in the streets of Ramallah, if there isn't already.

Given that if this was indeed a terrorist act, the Government would never tell us so, Americans will always suspect as such...Israeli...over Texas (Bush).

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Damn damn damn damn damn damn

[Catspaw]

They are warning people in the area not to avoid touching anything in the debris field.

[Lazamataz]

My prayers for all the workers at KSC as well. I helped launch the Challenger and know what they are going through right now.

Agreed.

[djf]

Can someone PLEASE get that Soledad broad of of NBC? "Can you confirm that the multiple trails are shuttle breakup?"

Damn, get a heart woman.

[piasa]

It's a dark day here in Florida literally... and figuratively. My God.

[Boot Hill]

Amen

Boot

[jimbo123]

Tuesday was the 17th anniversary of the Challenger explosion and this crew held a memorial on board.

[bonesmccoy]

I was thinking the same thing... but the question is what the inciting cause was.

Obviously the vehicle broke up... the entire space shuttle system is now down.

Who is the crew up on the space station?

They may need to bring the crew down via Soyuz.

[JohnHuang2]

NASA public affairs officer just announced search and rescue teams have just been sent out..

[Riley]

<< Does anyone know if they give the astronauts parachutes?


They do, but a NASA interviewee said that they were too high to use the escape system.

[Eaker]

Palestine about 100 miles southeast of dfw, going to houston, about half way.