Something's Up With The Space Shuttle (Missing)

[BDawg]

CNN.com

 

[BDawg]

They're now saying Dallas/Ft. Worth emergency rescue has been alerted.

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: AU Tiger
One of the many things we take for granted until something really bad happens. How many of use even knew the shuttle was landing today? I didn't.

I think the whole space program is taken for granted. I don't know if we have any CalTech/JPL folk here, but there are a million variables that NASA has to plan for and have contingency plans for. There's nothing else like it anymore...

 

[Tominator]

Down in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. The public has been warned to stay away from the debris.:Q

 

[rickn]

seeing it break up gives me chills. I was sitting in class watching Challenger takeoff when it exploded. This is terrible

 

[Nemesis77]

BBC had the footage of the Shuttle breaking up. Doesn't look good. Doesn't look good at all !

 

[BDawg]

Dubbya is getting ready to convene a "Domestic Event Conference."

I sure hope this is something that went wrong and not sabatoge. Not that the loss of life is good in either case.

 

[SaltBoy]

Not good.

 

[LaLaLand]

WTF is this live? those little pieces of junk falling?

 

[FelixDeCat]

I live in Ft. Worth. I heard the back of the house shake wondering what it was but didnt think too much about it since I live close to an Air Force base.

WFAA had the first video to show the break up. Too sad.

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: LaLaLand
WTF is this live? those little pieces of junk falling?

That's a tape of the shuttle going over Texas, with pieces falling off it.

 

[Celeryman]

Oh man this sucks. But, if it hasn't landed by now then I don't see it happening, that debris is the shuttle columbia.

 

[AU Tiger]

Rick D. Husband
William C. McCool
Michael P. Anderson
David M. Brown
Kalpana Chawla
Laurel Clark
Ilan Ramon

R.I.P.

 

[spanky]

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: BDawg
Dubbya is getting ready to convene a "Domestic Event Conference."

I sure hope this is something that went wrong and not sabatoge. Not that the loss of life is good in either case.

Apparently they were at an altitude too high for a bailout . That said, I think it was too high for any sort of sabotage from the ground. The entire landing procedure is computer-controlled so its either a system malfunction or unsuitable atmospheric conditions...or pilot error early in the reentry process. Since NASA says everything looked normal up until they lost contact [save for tire pressure], I think its most likely system failure.

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA

Originally posted by: BDawg
Dubbya is getting ready to convene a "Domestic Event Conference."

I sure hope this is something that went wrong and not sabatoge. Not that the loss of life is good in either case.

Apparently they were at an altitude too high for a bailout . That said, I think it was too high for any sort of sabotage from the ground. The entire landing procedure is computer-controlled so its either a system malfunction or unsuitable atmospheric conditions.

Bailout is an impossibility the way the shuttle is designed. Even on the launchpad, bailout takes something like a minute.

 

[Insidious]

My thoughts and prayers are offered up to the crew and families of the shuttle.

Hope is small.......... I am saddened

-Sid

 

[Bulk Beef]

This fvcking sucks.

 

[aphex]

STS107 Flight Status - Kinda eerie to read.

 

[KaGee]

:Q This is a serious matter, and any reference to jokes and the like is totally out of line. It appears 7 people, including the first Israeli in space have lost their lives.

This is a sad day in America, I greive with all the other families.

 

[titanmiller]

I cant believe it, this is so bad. It broke up at 200,000'

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA

Originally posted by: BDawg
Dubbya is getting ready to convene a "Domestic Event Conference."

I sure hope this is something that went wrong and not sabatoge. Not that the loss of life is good in either case.

Apparently they were at an altitude too high for a bailout . That said, I think it was too high for any sort of sabotage from the ground. The entire landing procedure is computer-controlled so its either a system malfunction or unsuitable atmospheric conditions.

Bailout is an impossibility the way the shuttle is designed. Even on the launchpad, bailout takes something like a minute.

Besides the fact that you're travelling at mach 25.

 

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA

Originally posted by: BDawg
Dubbya is getting ready to convene a "Domestic Event Conference."

I sure hope this is something that went wrong and not sabatoge. Not that the loss of life is good in either case.

Apparently they were at an altitude too high for a bailout . That said, I think it was too high for any sort of sabotage from the ground. The entire landing procedure is computer-controlled so its either a system malfunction or unsuitable atmospheric conditions...or pilot error early in the reentry process. Since NASA says everything looked normal up until they lost contact [save for tire pressure], I think its most likely system failure.

I am going to guess that eitehr a system failure or even structural fatigue. Columbia is what? 20 years old? The stress of reentry must be pretty high. The thing could have probably just have given way.

 

[Pastfinder]

My God... It undoubtalbly broke apart, my god my god. I hope they can at least recover the crew....My God.......

 

[Nemesis77]

From Spaceflight:

Tracking video of launch shows what appears to be a piece of foam insulation from the shuttle's external tank falling away during ascent and hitting the shuttle's left wing near its leading edge.