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Columbia Discussion thread
Feb 1, 2003
Posted on 02/01/2003 8:41:00 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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'On behalf of posters on Free Republic, I post this with deepest sympathy for the crew and their families.
Mission - sts107
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Shuttle Contact LOST-No Tracking Data During RE-Entry!
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TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: columbia; columbiatragedy; feb12003; india; israel; nasa; shuttle; spaceshuttle; sts107; unitedstates
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To: Redleg Duke
I already said I was done with this. But others keep responding to me, and I feel obligated to answer their questions (accusations?). I will try to refrain from anymore responses to this aspect of the tragedy. Regards.
To: hole_n_one
Caption: A senile Dan Rather shown in his second childhood playing with a model of the space shuttle, which he insists is really a 1939 Chevrolet Sedan...
To: krodriguesdc
So God talked to us by blowing up the space shuttle and killing astronauts?
YOU ARE SICK!!!!!!!!!
To: hole_n_one
Mr. Haviland got a email from his niece last night. He says that they are very proud of her. How very sad.
544
posted on
02/01/2003 10:17:33 AM PST
by
kcvl
To: Arkinsaw
It means we have a despicable bigot on this thread who can't seem to rise above it, even when people have tragically died. (Surprise, surprise.)
To: DoughtyOne
Thank you Doughty...
546
posted on
02/01/2003 10:18:20 AM PST
by
Dog
To: uncbuck
Our flag is up everyday also. Has been for several years. I am planning to lower it to half staff today in memory of our shuttle crew.
To: Richard Kimball
Military jets reported in the air over Nacadoches surveying the debris field. FOX 4 showing video of a piece of curved metal the size of the bed of a pick up truck.
To: AshleyMontagu
I already said I was done with this.
---BTW, what does the N in NASA stand for?
Care to explain that one first before backing away?
To: Carolinamom; Jim Robinson
Yes, Carolina - I do so agree ...
Also ... Jim - having met you at FRIVA, thank you so much for this wonderful place to share our grief and our joys.
550
posted on
02/01/2003 10:18:52 AM PST
by
CyberAnt
( Syracuse where are you?)
To: 6ppc
I noticed that video too. Fox seems to want to show more of the break up and not the picture of the shuttle before something happened. Also you can notice on that video a piece falling off behind the shuttle.
551
posted on
02/01/2003 10:19:02 AM PST
by
rossusa
To: MilspecRob
My guess would be a software error. 1000's of lines of code & at 200K the landing is under computer control. I would consider that a likely possibility if this were one of the first shuttle flights, but the re-entry software has performed successfully scores (hundreds?) of times now.
To: All
Columbia's history
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Columbia (OV-102)
BackgroundColumbia, the oldest orbiter in the Shuttle fleet, is named after the Boston, Massachusetts based sloop captained by American Robert Gray. On May 11, 1792, Gray and his crew maneuvered the Columbia past the dangerous sandbar at the mouth of a river extending more than 1,000 miles through what is today south-eastern British Columbia, Canada, and the Washington-Oregon border. The river was later named after the ship. Gray also led Columbia and its crew on the first American circumnavigation of the globe, carrying a cargo of otter skins to Canton, China, and then returning to Boston.
Other sailing ships have further enhanced the luster of the name Columbia. The first U.S. Navy ship to circle the globe bore that title, as did the command module for Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission.
On a more directly patriotic note, "Columbia" is considered to be the feminine personification of the United States. The name is derived from that of another famous explorer, Christopher Columbus.
The spaceship Columbia has continued the pioneering legacy of its forebears, becoming the first Space Shuttle to fly into Earth orbit in 1981. Four sister ships joined the fleet over the next 10 years: Challenger, arriving in 1982 but destroyed four years later; Discovery, 1983; Atlantis, 1985; and Endeavour, built as a replacement for Challenger, 1991. A test vehicle, the Enterprise, was used for suborbital approach and landing tests and did not fly in space. The names of Columbia's sister ships each boast their own illustrious pedigree.
In the day-to-day world of Shuttle operations and processing, Space Shuttle orbiters go by a more prosaic designation. Columbia is commonly refered to as OV-102, for Orbiter Vehicle-102. Empty
553
posted on
02/01/2003 10:19:49 AM PST
by
McGruff
(It's a sad day.)
To: don-o
"But, in those minutes, a man next to him was just sitting there, motionless, with his head bowed over his keyboard.
My thought was, "That man is praying."
It is hard to imagine how heavy the weight of his knowledge must have been at that moment.
554
posted on
02/01/2003 10:19:51 AM PST
by
Darlin'
(May God Bless and comfort the families and friends of all onboard)
To: Howlin
........those countries take a LOT more pride in the successes of their citizens than a "LOT" of our people do.......... Bump that.
555
posted on
02/01/2003 10:19:58 AM PST
by
DoctorMichael
(Liberals SuK; Liberalism SuX)
To: AshleyMontagu; Admin Moderator
Can we please get back on topic here...
556
posted on
02/01/2003 10:20:09 AM PST
by
Dog
To: Arkinsaw
She means, apparently, that the 'N' in NASA stands for 'National', hence we dont' need any dirty ignorant furriners in our space program... of course, I COULD be reading too much into it...
557
posted on
02/01/2003 10:20:27 AM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.)
To: mlmr
I keep wondering whether she was piloting. She was not piloting.
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
It means we have a despicable bigot on this thread who can't seem to rise above it, even when people have tragically died. (Surprise, surprise.)
The trash has been carted out to the curb it appears.
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