[Fred Mertz]

You said: It wasn't. Anybody who looks at the film can SEE it looked normal until it was over Dallas.

The article: Space shuttle Columbia appeared to begin trailing fiery debris as it passed over Eastern California early Saturday, well before its destruction over Texas, according to a California Institute of Technology astronomer who witnessed its fiery transit.

Are you calling this Cal Tech astronomer a nobody?

[Howlin]

Did you read the part where he said that he'd never seen the shuttle go over before? Lots of people say it looks "like it's on fire" when they are looking at the plama.

We'll see what the data said, but so far, the only people who believe something was wrong with that shuttle before it got to Texas appear to be on this thread.

BTW, CNN is now reporting that tonight the people at NASA say it might have been something at the BACK of the shuttle that might have gone wrong -- I cannot remember the name -- but the part he pointed to look like flaps (if that is what you would call them.)

[cmsgop]

Are you calling this Cal Tech astronomer a nobody?

Im sure he is a great guy,but he might not know dick about vehicles on re-entry.....

[TLBSHOW]

Fred this shuttle was in trouble the second it made re-entry. The truth is I never said it broke up over california but that it was in trouble over california and Nevada for sure. I say it was in trouble the minute of re-entry. I am so tired of the thread nanny. I will send you a link for other thread nanny adventures here today! LOL

anyways this just in from Utah!


His video also shows the space shuttle was having problems as it passed over Utah and that the orbiter was beginning to break up.

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?sid=8138&nid=8