Hi Bob, I was going to watch it, but got up ten minutes to late. I need to check with a friend who was going to take video of it going by in Lancaster, CA. A sad day indeed.
Fred Ley IMCA9181 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Verish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 8:42 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] List member witnesses Columbia re-entry > I got the phone call early this morning, from Rob > Matson, giving me the horrible news. According to > Rob, he was driving north on US15 in the Victorville > area of the Mojave Desert when he observed the Space > Shuttle Columbia early in its re-entry. Rob reported > that "all appeared normal at this point in Columbia's > fight path". The early morning sunlight was > reflecting off of "the plasma cloud that the Space > Shuttle normally forms during its decent". > > Rob did not see anything abnormal occurring during the > portion of the decent that he witnessed, and had no > indication of the disaster that was to occur over > Texas until he heard on the radio that the Space > Shuttle was "still late for its arrival at the Cape"! > > Given the time of morning, Rob was one of the last few > people who saw Columbia still in one piece before its > tragic break-up and disintegration over Texas. > > (Please note that I didn't use the term "explosion", > since it would be inaccurate and misleading.) > > Regretfully, > Bob V. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
