Posted on 02/01/2003 8:41:00 AM PST by Admin Moderator
Edited on 02/01/2003 9:11:45 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Ever here of Gus Grissom? He was one of the original Mercury astronauts. He was the second American in space. He was a white male. His capsule sank when the hatch door blew inexplicibly early. Many accused him of panicking and blowing the hatch. He said he did not. NASA later made him the commander of the first Apollo flight to the moon. Unfortunately, he and his crew died in a fire on the launch pad 36 years ago this week.
Also ever here of Alan Sheppard? First American in space. After his flight he was found to have a heart murmer which booted him out of the program. He was later allowed to become part of the Apollo program and eventually flew to the moon.
I agree. Its amazing how for some, if a white male makes a mistake its understandable, everyone is human. However, if a person of color makes a mistake,particularly a women, then it has to do with skin color.
"We are happy that it broke up," government employee Abdul Jabbar al-Quraishi said.
"God wants to show that his might is greater than the Americans. They have encroached on our country. God is avenging us," he said.
Iraqis are braced for a possible U.S.-led war to rid their country of any chemical, biological or nuclear weapons it may possess. Iraq denies it has such weapons.
Car mechanic Mohammed Jaber al-Tamini noted Israeli air force Colonel Ilan Ramon was among the dead when the shuttle broke up over the southwestern United States 16 minutes before its scheduled landing.
The 48-year-old Israeli astronaut was a fighter pilot in the Israeli air force. He was the youngest pilot in a team that bombed Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981. Israel said the reactor was intended to develop nuclear weapons.
"Israel launched an aggression on us when it raided our nuclear reactor without any reason, now time has come and God has retaliated to their aggression," Tamini said.
There were no such signs of jubilation over the shuttle disaster in any of the Palestinian territories. The official response from the Palestinians was one of condolence.
"President (Yasser) Arafat and the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) offer their condolences to the six American families and the Israeli family who lost their loved ones in the catastrophe," Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian official and spokesman, told Reuters.
Erekat said Arafat had sent President Bush (news - web sites) a message of condolences over the loss of the NASA (news - web sites) space agency's shuttle. The United States, Israel's closest ally, is the chief Middle East peace broker.
Your time is coming, you pukes.
Be seeing you really soon Abdul..
7:53 am CST - Loss of temperature measurement in left inboard and outboard hydraulic.
7:56 am CST - Left gear brake line temperature increase.
7:58 am CST - 3 temperature sensors in the left wing structure were lost
7:59 am CST - Left inboard/outboard pressure/tire temperature measurements lost. First on-board indication for crew that there was a problem. Columbia still flying nominally.
8:00 am CST (approximate) - Last transmission from Columbia; all telemetry data lost.
Even a tiny amount of air would produce a tremendous amount of heat at
the speed the shuttle was traveling, right?
Absolutely right. The surface temperature of the shuttle at that point is around
2000F. The insulating tiles are good to 2300F and can be reused many times at
that temperature; they can actually go to 2800F, but they aren't useable again.
By comparison, Aluminum starts to melt around 1100F, and is liquid at 1200F.
How incredibly kind of you.
Thanks for your thoughts.
If I remember correctly, they sacrificed any exterior repair possibility for room for the scientific experiments.
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