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| 2/2/03
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Posted on 02/02/2003 7:34:59 AM PST by Mark Felton
Edited on 02/02/2003 12:51:23 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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To: Jhoffa_
You don't have to go all the way to Iraq to find such a-holes. Fred Phelps is at it again. See the link.
http://www.godhatesamerica.com
I don't think there's anything wrong with showing most of the debris. I do think that the helmet shot was borderline, although one might argue that it could have been a spare helmet and not actually worn.
If any photos exist of the remains, they should NEVER be published, IMHO.
461
posted on
02/02/2003 6:25:20 PM PST
by
kms61
To: XBob
Well, we wonder now why the Sphinx was made ...
(Just an ad gimmic for Omir's Used Egyptian Camel Shoppe?)
.....
Seriously, I question just how many pounds of the (dangerous) secondary rocket propulsion were left at the end of a mission in the tanks; plus how much could have survived the tumbling and flames of re-entry such that NASA is concerned about ALL metal parts being realistically contaminated.
Seems to me that the odds of any serious contamination are too low, but that NASA is using chemical contamination by the propellant(s) to "prevent" handling from people so the engineering forensics/accident investigation is made easier.
To: .30Carbine
I hope you don't mind, I posted one of your pics on my homepage.
Nope. No problem. Too bad the only thing worse than my photographic skills is my penmanship. Or is it "penpersonship" in our politically correct world?
To: Howlin
I don't care if they are unhappy, I just resent being called a weirdo because they are unhappy..
"Issues" indeed..
464
posted on
02/02/2003 6:27:28 PM PST
by
Jhoffa_
("Are ALL men from the future loud mouthed braggards?" "Nope, just me baby..")
To: kms61
Oh! It's perfect for them.. The "evil" Americans and those "awful" zionists both in one blow!
I thought it was just common sense that they were going to claim it was the wrath of allah, a rebuke and so on and so forth.. Stir up their faithful and call us names.. Laugh at our dead and mock them..
I guess it wasn't common sense after all from the tone of the responses I got..
465
posted on
02/02/2003 6:30:51 PM PST
by
Jhoffa_
("Are ALL men from the future loud mouthed braggards?" "Nope, just me baby..")
To: Jhoffa_
LOL.....oh, yes, we have to be weird for them to be normal!
466
posted on
02/02/2003 6:31:48 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: All
Oops, I apologize, I meant 'flyover country'. I just get so upset when people find any opportunity to pile on (like this person did), and start denegrating Texans as 'bubbas' and 'hicks'. I hate to disappoint them, but most 'Texans' that are here now, were born in some other state and most of us ARE NOT 'hicks' and 'bubbas'.
To: cowgirlcutie
You are echoing my sentiments (check my #405). I am a very proud former Texan...........ooops! Once a Texan, always a Texan!
P.S. Do you think we'll hear from Flair again? Maybe we have been too unkind. A little "unTexanly"?
To: Rushmore Rocks
Well...as I told him/her, I'm not trying to be rude, but when someone starts making 'knee-jerk' assumptions about people, whatever state they may be from, it just makes my blood boil. That's like saying all people from Wisconsin listen to polka music and eat Bratwurst (not that there's anything wrong with polka music and I, for one, LOVE Bratwurst). People around here are pretty down about this thing happening and to start with the insults right now is pretty low.
To: sciencediet
"Oh yeah! I had it backwards!"
not necessarily. Just trying to make the point, it could be either way.
at this point we don't know.
470
posted on
02/02/2003 6:47:21 PM PST
by
XBob
To: Rightly Biased
bump to self for later
To: lepton
"As I understand, they use Nitrogen early on, and Helium when they get to space."
Nitrogen yes. I just don't remember any helium tanks used in the frcs or the ohms/rcs pods.
I do remember that we could never keep our test helium from leaking in the HMF (hypergolic maintenance facility) and we were always testing our levels to take into consideration the levels leaked test helium always present, so the test meters could be properly calibrated to account for it.
We need to get one of the mechanics who actually worked on the pods. we fairly regularly had hypergolic leaks or 'spills' from small amounts left in the lines. didn't take much - 1 teaspoon under a 55 steel gallon drum was enough to blow one into the air a pretty fair number of feet.
472
posted on
02/02/2003 7:03:57 PM PST
by
XBob
To: Erasmus
Ah, one of my favorite jokes: When is a farmer an expert . . .?
To: xJones
454 - what can I say but 'bump'.
474
posted on
02/02/2003 7:05:36 PM PST
by
XBob
To: XBob
Sad to look at the pictures and realize there are human remains scattered all over those areas. Brings back bad memories of 9-11. The only up side is that the remains can be identified, and the loved ones will have something to bury.
475
posted on
02/02/2003 7:14:45 PM PST
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: Mark Felton
476
posted on
02/02/2003 7:15:46 PM PST
by
Aliska
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
"Seems to me that the odds of any serious contamination are too low, but that NASA is using chemical contamination by the propellant(s) to "prevent" handling from people so the engineering forensics/accident investigation is made easier."
that is probably true. I can't answer your first questions, but on a normal mission return, only a few gallons (but a teaspoon would blow your hand off).
On occasion (eg aborted mission) we would get back nearly full units, and then we would ban only essential personnel from a 1/2 mile area, and were told our whole city bolck sized complex could be taken out in case they blew.
I used to know the amounts, but have now forgotten. I am sure the data is available somewhere.
But basically, one whif of the supposedly oxidizer could kill you by 'oxidizing' your lungs.
Have you ever gone to an openhouse over at KSC, sometimes, if they have nothing going on, they allow visitors at the HMF. It would be a nice day trip for you (daytona isn't it you are from).
477
posted on
02/02/2003 7:19:48 PM PST
by
XBob
To: cowgirlcutie
Oops, I apologize, I meant 'flyover country'. I just get so upset when people find any opportunity to pile on (like this person did), and start denegrating Texans as 'bubbas' and 'hicks'. I hate to disappoint them, but most 'Texans' that are here now, were born in some other state and most of us ARE NOT 'hicks' and 'bubbas'
I've done my share of Texan-bashing. Lived there for 6 years so I know all about it. But there is nothing wrong with a "bubba" just because he is a "bubba".
Most Texans have risen to this occasion and this is obvious in what we have seen of what the average citizens are doing and in the actions of their public officials so far.
I never miss an opportunity to lay it on the Texans if they give me one. They have not given me an opportunity in this case and I salute how they've been handling this.
To: xJones
And Heaven help us if we have to explain the concept of "sweet tea" to them!
To: Mark Felton
for future refrence.
"...A San Francisco amateur astronomer who photographs the space shuttles whenever their orbits carry them over the Bay Area has captured five strange and provocative images of the shuttle Columbia just as it was re-entering the Earth's atmosphere before dawn Saturday...reveal what appear to be bright electrical phenomena flashing around the track of the shuttle's passage, but the photographer, who asked not to be identified will not make them public immediately..."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/834599/posts
480
posted on
02/02/2003 7:32:13 PM PST
by
amom
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