----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 1:48 PM Subject: Re: Shuttle Debris Trail
> On 1 Feb 2003 at 12:33, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > Something that is bothering me. > > > > >From every report that I have seen so far, there have been no reports > > >of > > debris that is larger than a meter or so in length. > > > > Shouldnt there be larger pieces of the airframe in the debris field? > > > > Already a human arm has been found, I would think that the airframe > > would survive in larger chunks if flesh couls survive. > > It depends...flesh manages to survive things like blasts and shocks > better than more rigid items like the the airframe. > > The small size of the debries is..interesting..however. The sort of > catastrophic failure indicated is extreme. > Thats what I am thinking. Even the Challenger explosion left large sections of airframe intact. I'm really interested in hearing the explainations behind the totality of Columbias destruction. There are now reports of debris penetrating peoples homes and crashing into cars. One report of an apartment fire caused by burning debris. But so far no deaths on the ground from falling debris. rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
