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.

[Valin]

missle shootdown
At 200,000 feet I doubt it.

[George W. Bush]

Yes, it is, and no, I'm not, but IT STILL SUCKS

Absolutely. I hope that we'll finally design better space vehicles. A second failure that kills the entire crew should not be ignored. No bandaids will fix the problems with the shuttle. We need new space vehicles, plain and simple.

We need to stop sending these types of shuttles into space when they've now killed two entire crews.

[bonesmccoy]

MSNBC has a different video ... perhaps they can compare the videos to find out when the vehicle broke up.

[mewzilla]

All I can think now is please God, let this be an accident.

[ao98]

No. That was just some Howard Stern listener maikng a prank call.

[em2vn]

Fox News is showing tape of the shuttle debris falling from the sky.

[Monty22]

I'm gonna guess sabotague on the heat shield tiles at this point.

[areafiftyone]

OMG what do they know that other stations don't? None of the other stations are reporting that. God I hope not!

[Merovingian]

Multiple 'spirals' not in a straight line seen.
Sounded like a tornado, loud intense roar at same pitch..LOW
Trail wide...per witness in Palestine TX
Search and rescue responding..

[SpookBrat]

That's terrible. What a horrible thing to see and hear. Thoughts for the East Texas community....

[Morrigan]

The shuttle exploded?? Guys, tell me what's going on, I don't have cable.....all I can really glean from the posts is that it blew up...do they suspect it was shot down? How did this happen?

[Rightly Biased]

I think the boom in Palestine was the crash?

[FireTrack]

We heard about 3 large booms in western Louisiana... Military base nearby so no one thought much about it.

[Soaring Feather]

This is so tragic.

Prayers for the families.

[lavaroise]

The shuttle is and has always been an engineering disaster waiting to happen.

????? This is Jerry Springerish. It really does not add to the truth and discussion pot we need now.

I will agree however that NASA should be under military command and not politicized. THat is the disaster. If not, for other purposes, private companies should run the thing.

[Howlin]

Here.

[sweetliberty]

Any word locally of damage on the ground?

[Lazamataz]

Left wing of shuttle struck during launch by piece of insulation foam detaching from main lauch fuel tank.

That's the cause. No terrorism.

[leadpenny]

winodog is in the Las Vegas area and he posted this on the thread I started earlier:

It wasnt a glow that spread back like a comet but it must have been "on fire" because it was bright and big.

18 posted on 02/01/2003 9:03 AM EST by winodog

[Libertina]

From your fellow FReepers at CPAC. We extend our sympathies. Alan Keyes was supposed to speak but is sick, the ballroom is crowded with people and the hotel is preparing the announcement as I post this. May God Bless their souls and comfort their families.