lost contact with shuttle Columbia...

[AKIron]

Very sad day.

[hyena426]

columbia!!:(

[midnight Target]

Kinda hard o see, but I saw this twisting contrail in the sky late morning.

Follow it up and right from the TV antenna.

[flakbait]

"Breathe deep, mine eyes, the frosty saga of eternal suns. From unseen depths and dreams undreamt, I sing the gleaming cantos of unvanquished space. By thought I embrace the universal. With wings of mind I sail the infinitude. Glory! 'tis the stars which beckon man's spirit and set our souls adrift."

--Unknown



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Flakbait [Delta6]
Delta Six's Flight School
Put the P-61B in Aces High

[TWOLF]

Originally posted by flakbait
"Breathe deep, mine eyes, the frosty saga of eternal suns. From unseen depths and dreams undreamt, I sing the gleaming cantos of unvanquished space. By thought I embrace the universal. With wings of mind I sail the infinitude. Glory! 'tis the stars which beckon man's spirit and set our souls adrift."

--Unknown

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Flakbait [Delta6]
Delta Six's Flight School
Put the P-61B in Aces High

Thanks Flak.  A wonderful post indeed.

to our lost heroes!  

[Maverick]

Folks,

Don't waste time speculating on what happened. Let the professionals do thier investigation and make the determination. That is their job and you can be sure they wish they didn't have to be doing it.

Remember the ones we lost and keep their families in your prayers.

[udet]

Interesting-I just heard about it on the news. Pieces of insulation from the tank have fallen on the shuttle in 9 previous flights-6 times of which it happened to Columbia. My guess is, this ship had some vibration problems. Probably increased the fatigue on its structure, and the result is today's tragedy.
40% of the STS fleet lost in catastrophic accidents. only 3 shuttles left. No plans to build a new shuttle.A new spacecraft that would replace the shuttle- it would take 10-15 years. I'm sorry to say it, but I feel very disilusioned about the state of the space program.
If bureaucracy and shoe-string budget continue to plague NASA, I'm afraid those seven people died in vain

[StSanta]

I woke up, checked cnn.com and saw lots of stories about the shuttle Columbia.

COlumbia is the only piece of hardware to have legendary status in my eyes. Now it's gone, along with 7 brave men and women.

to those heroes, my thoughts are with their familes and friends.

[-Concho-]

4 Troopers from my area just got deployed to secure the debris area.  Looks like I'm in the relief wave....