Columbia
SovietDictator
Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12461Members
Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12461Members
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Breaking News: The American space shuttle Columbia was destroyed upon reentry today over Palestine, Texas. No one knows what exactly happened, but I believe there might have been a navigation malfunction causing them to reenter at the wrong angle thus causing to shuttle to heat up and explode. Or some tiles might have came off or structure cracks might have occured causing it the heat up and explode. There were 7 people aboard, there's a small chance some might have survived the explosion and used the escape pod (I believe there is some type of escape capsule of some sort)-RIP.
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If you want to mock the death of human beings, no matter how much or under which circumstances they died, you'd better search a board where I am no moderator.
I won't even dignify that with a response.
but more people are shot or stabbed than 7 people
if T.V.'s werent invented no one would care
Just look at the DR Congo
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So just because more people die, no one should care about this? Anyway, maybe this will help jump up a better funded and safer space program, both American and International.
When the Shuttle was first designed it was equipped with individual ejection seats however early test flights showed that an ejection at the speed the shuttle travels would be impossible and would cause almost certain death to the person in the seat.
They then changed the ejection to include the entire cockpit of the shuttle itself; however, this was also removed because there was no way for the shuttle to support the extra weight this added.
The irony is that NASA opened discussions last week about how to get ejection seats back into the shuttle.
*sigh*
My heart felt sympathies goes to the families of those lost.
God Bless.
<span style='color:white'>[edit]</span>I just cant get over the irony...
The First Israeli in space --- Shuttle explodes over Palenstine<span style='color:white'>[/edit]</span>
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moment of silence
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So close...
What will Nasa do now?
I think it's awful that the Post posted their "Mission Successful" story just moments before the accident:
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9943-2003Feb1.html' target='_blank'>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...3-2003Feb1.html</a>
So close...
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Hopefully everything will still go well. The current space shuttles are very old, I think they were made in the 70's and were only meant for 100 missions or less (this was Columbia's 113th mission), and they cost 2 billon dollars each. First off NASA will try to find out what happened. Then they will fully check and overhull the other shuttles, which are all being repaired. Maybe this will boost spending for NASA, which is serverly underfunded but still does a great job. I hope it doesn't turn into the Russian Space Agency, our scientists and technicians are doing well, but they are so underfunded it's a joke. Space is our future and the international community should still invest in it.
This was <b>Columbia's 28th mission</b>
This was the <b>Shuttle programs 113th mission</b>
And the name may be old - but the shuttle was in fact nearlly brand new. The shuttle underwent an extensive, 17-month overhaul that began in September, 1999. It rejoined the shuttle fleet in February, 2001 and flew its first mission after the upgrades in March, 2002.
You have to remember that there was a nation wide search for a teacher who would receive the honor of being the first civilian in space. It took two years to finally pick a winner. It was really tough to deal with.
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On another note.....
Pioneering new frontiers is always risky business. These guys took the risk but I am sure they did not die in vein. Astronauts do important scientific work to better the human race as a whole. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
I'll give credit where credit is due; Bush seems to have his mind in the right place when it comes to the space program, at least in the last few months. I'd have to look back at some of the recent budget appropriations he's made, but I think one of them was to do further development and testing on nuclear drives. Can't remember the other one...
I have always supported the space program, and hope bush doesn't take this opportunity to shut it down.
Interesting that the FEMA and HomelandSecurity were involved in the search and rescue--it makes sense, but has anyone played Deus Ex?
[sidenote] I read the news article and would probably concur that the debris probably cracked the heat-resistant plates on the underbelly of the shuttle.[/sidenote]
Can't believe this isn't a sick joke, 16 minutes before landing?
besides i wish them all happyness in the afterlife.
(not the first thing u wanna see on ur birthday, everythings going fine, i roll out of bed, flip on the news, and see this.