Debris Photos (GRAPHIC)

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[Mark Felton]

[Your attention please. This thread has generated a ton of abuse reports. Some have been from long established freepers. Others have been from relative newbies. Some have been complaining about the thread. Others have been complaining about the complainers.

Throw on top of it the fact that some of the newbies who showed up on this thread happen to be returning bannees, who before being banned were friendly with some of the very people they are bickering with here, and something is striking us as just not right.

If you are interested in the debris photos, this is the thread for it. If not, don't join in this thread. It is not disrespectful to those who died to post pictures of the debris in our opinion. What they show and where they landed may help piece together what killed these brave people.

If you feel that is the wrong decision, we apologize and mean no harm. But please, no more arguing about it on the thread, and no more abuse reports on the matter.

Thanks, AM.]

Sun Feb 2, 1:14 AM ET

Fires, believed started by debris from the downed space shuttle Columbia, burn in an area near Dallas, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. Seven astronauts perished when the shuttle broke to pieces as it re-entered the atmosphere at the end of a 16-day mission. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)

Sat Feb 1, 9:31 PM ET

A video image of a helmet that dropped into a yard in Norwood Community, Texas from the space shuttle Columbia is seen Feb. 1, 2002. Many parts of the shuttle, along with human remains, were found in the area. NASA (news - web sites) officials later removed the helmet. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

Sat Feb 1,10:35 PM ET

A small brush fire started by a falling piece of debris from the space shuttle Columbia outside Athens, Texas after the shuttle broke apart during re-entry over Texas on its way to a scheduled landing in Fla., Feb. 1, 2003. Authorities have not speculated on the cause of the crash. (Jeff Mitchell/Reuters)

Sat Feb 1, 9:31 PM ET

A piece of debris believed to be from the space shuttle Columbia is photographed near Lufkin, Texas, Feb. 1, 2003. NASA (news - web sites) lost contact with the shuttle at around 9 a.m., about 16 minutes before its scheduled landing at Kennedy Space Center (news - web sites). (Reuters)

Sat Feb 1, 9:15 PM ET

Goldie Hamilton looks at a piece of debris that dropped into her yard in Alto, Texas from the space shuttle Columbia February 1, 2003. Many parts of the shuttle along with human remains were found in the area. Hamilton lives in the house in the background. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Sat Feb 1, 9:18 PM ET

A piece of debris from the space shuttle Columbia dropped into this yard in Alto, Texas, February 1, 2003. Debris from space shuttle Columbia rained down onto fields, highways and a cemetery in Texas on Saturday, sending dozens of residents to hospitals after they handled the smoldering metal wreckage. All seven astronauts on board were killed in the break-up, which scattered potentially toxic debris across a 120-mile (190-km-long) swath of eastern Texas. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Sat Feb 1, 7:43 PM ET

Stan Melasky, left, and his brother Steve Melasky look over a piece of debris, believed to be from the space shuttle Columbia, that fell on their farm near Douglass, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)

Sat Feb 1, 8:52 PM ET

An Anderson County sheriff's deputy walks past a piece of debris from the space shuttle Columbia outside Palestine, Texas after the shuttle broke apart during reentry over East Texas on its way to a scheduled landing in Florida, February 1, 2003. Shaken NASA (news - web sites) officials vowed to find out what caused the space shuttle Columbia to break up, saying they would look closely at the impact of a piece of foam insulation that struck the orbiter's left wing at takeoff. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell

Sat Feb 1, 7:25 PM ET

A piece of space shuttle debris sits on the ground outside Bronson, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. Space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames 200,000 feet over Texas on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts just minutes before they were to glide to a landing in Florida. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Sat Feb 1, 7:29 PM ET

Searchers mark a small piece of debris while looking for remnants of the space shuttle outside Bronson, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. Space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames 200,000 feet over Texas on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts just minutes before they were to glide to a landing in Florida. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Sun Feb 2,10:11 AM ET

Resident Bugs Arriola looks at a piece of debris from the space shuttle Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003 in Nacogdoches, Texas. People have been told not to touch any of the debris as there could be toxic chemicals on the material. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)

Sat Feb 1, 7:41 PM ET

Vollunteer firefigher John Berry looks out at small piece of debris believed to be from the space shuttle Columbia in a rural area north of Palestine, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. The shuttle broke apart in flames over Texas on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts just minutes before they were to glide to a landing in Florida. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Sat Feb 1, 9:23 PM ET

A couple looks at a piece of debris from the space shuttle Columbia that dropped onto the highway in Alto, Texas February 1, 2003. Debris fromColumbia rained down onto fields, highways and a cemetery in Texas on Saturday, sending dozens of residents to hospitals after they handled the smoldering metal wreckage. All seven astronauts on board were killed in the break-up, which scattered potentially toxic debris across a 120-mile (190-km-long) swath of eastern Texas. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

[XBob]

486 - your last three pictures here appear to be low temp tiles and also the first of 488.

all in very bad shape.

[XBob]

504- "It looks like one of the hatchways, perhaps to the payload bay? Or the main ingress/egress."

could be - i can't judge the size - the 17" main is 17" Inside Diameter, how big is that item?

[EternalVigilance]

HOW could a cloth patch survive when none of the spacesuit did?

I've heard that a stash (I'm not sure how many) of these patches were carried on each flight; to be used as momentoes of the trip.

If that is so, I can see how some might survive, and in fact be found in multiple locations.

[mathluv]

My response is NOT anti-Fed. To me, you were implying ONLY the Feds were capable of doing it, or as anti-Bush.

Of course the Feds are/will be in charge. It does not take beind federal to know ALL pieces, and where each lands, are important to trying to find out what happened. This is like an airplane crash, only over a much larger area. People were warned not to touch. That is the only thing that is new.

[mathluv]

Plus, having a person pictured by the debris gives a perspective to size of the debris. Being a native born Texan, I am disturbed by some of the comments by some posters that denigrate anyone from a rural area.

[mathluv]

Gig 'em.

Saltillo rules.

[Mad Dawgg]

I think CNN may have stumbled on to something here:

I am fairly sure the shuttle is not designed for such stresses.

Wow these guys are dumb!

[EternalVigilance]

And CNN wonders why they are going broke...

;-)

[Mark Felton]

There is something uniquely Texan about this image.

Mon Feb 3, 6:11 AM ET

Searchers look for fallen debris from space shuttle Columbia Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003 outside Hemphill, Texas. Seven astronauts were killed when space shuttle Columbia exploded during re-entry Saturday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

[Mark Felton]

Mon Feb 3, 3:05 AM ET

A police officer (L) and a National Guard soldier stand watch on February 2, 2003 near a parking lot where a piece of the space shuttle Columbia fell after breaking apart during reentry, killing all seven astronauts. Authorities are still searching for pieces of the spacecraft in a debris field that covers 500 miles. NASA (news - web sites) has vowed to 'leave no stone unturned' in an exhaustive investigation into why the space shuttle Columbia broke up on February 1, 2003. (Jeff Mitchell/Reuters)

[lepton]

lep, I have tried and tried that link. It won't come up for me.

Yeah. It won't come up for me anymore either, even using the original means that I found it. It had a whole series of questions about rockets and the Space Shuttle as well as answers to the questions.

[lepton]

I just don't remember any helium tanks used in the frcs or the ohms/rcs pods.

According to the Diagram that Dan day posted at #263, there are at least 6 Helium tanks (two in each of the reaction control systems). Not that the item in question was neccessarily one of them.

[Vic3O3]

ping

[hopespringseternal]

I saw a message head accross the screen that said the shuttle "broke up at an altitude of 200,000 miles".

Of course, what they were saying was often a lot dumber.

[Arkinsaw]

To me, you were implying ONLY the Feds were capable of doing it, or as anti-Bush.

No, I am not anti-Bush.

Of course the Feds are/will be in charge. It does not take beind federal to know ALL pieces....

Local officials have not even been told where to take debris, whether or not to move it, when NASA will start moving it, etc. The fact that the Feds are not communicating seemed pretty obvious at the press conference yesterday.

[amom]

Well thanks for trying. I was at the NASA Columbia website earlier this weekend so they may have a duplicate page there. Fingers crossed.

[Churchillspirit]

My husband died suddenly in 1983. I still use his car - something left of him.

I would want the helmet.

It is a very personal thing.

[1Old Pro]

A Columbia mission patch was found alongside a road in Texas.

Out of all the debris, I found this one intersting as a patch would seem "light" and less likely to fall in close proximity to the heavier pieces. I would think a patch would almost float and would be hundreds of miles away.

[xp38]

LOL...there is a joke about Chief Engineer Scotty in there somewhere but the last time I posted black humour on some thread I got flamed.

[amom]

Thanks for the info. Very interesting