> From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > 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. > > > The Challenger was rising and gaining speed. The Columbia > was going down, and supposedly decelerating from an orbital > speed of 7,700 meter/second to some multiple of the speed of > sound (300 meter/second).
About Mach 18, according to the news reports I just saw. - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
