A very sad day indeed :-(. Our thoughts are with you, especially
relatives and those connected to the Shuttle.
Tony wrote:
I find it a little hard to believe that a piece of insulation could have
such an effect. Those tiles are designed to be impact tolerant and it
seemed clear from the press
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 22:47:00 -0600,
Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Dunno, prpbably their energy wasn't enough, but couldn't they try
to make it to the IIS and use a Progress (IIRC) to make it back,
if they figured out that this shuttle wasn't save
On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 06:42, Jon Berndt wrote:
For those of you who may not have heard, the Space Shuttle Columbia
appears to have broken up on entry as it passed south of Dallas while at a
speed of mach 10+.
Oh my God :(.
No other words I am afraid...
Any thoughts on what may have happened?
Once upon a time, you were sitting and writing:
For those of you who may not have heard, the Space Shuttle Columbia
appears to have broken up on entry as it passed south of Dallas while at a
speed of mach 10+.
Sad day for all of us.
From the Israeli POV, it is especially sad, as
the first
Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
During ascent there was some ice that broke loose and impacted the left wing
underside near the elevon and the ice chunk disintegrated on impact. There
was some concern that the protective tiles that cover the surfaces which are
exposed to the most heat
No doubt now that the focus will be on the left wing. But I'm
wondering, is
there anything that could have been done had the assessment gone the
other way?
..heavy sigh...
I do not believe so. Perhaps there ought to be, though. The focus probably
will be more on preventing insulation
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Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
During ascent there was some ice that broke loose and impacted the
left wing underside near the elevon and the ice chunk disintegrated
on impact.
Arnt Karlsen wrote:
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 22:07:48 -,
Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
During ascent there was some ice that broke loose and impacted the
left wing underside near the elevon and the ice chunk
On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 14:56, Jon Berndt wrote:
No doubt now that the focus will be on the left wing. But I'm
wondering, is
there anything that could have been done had the assessment gone the
other way?
..heavy sigh...
I do not believe so. Perhaps there ought to be, though. The focus
On 1 Feb 2003, Tony Peden wrote:
On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 14:56, Jon Berndt wrote:
No doubt now that the focus will be on the left wing. But I'm
wondering, is
there anything that could have been done had the assessment gone the
other way?
..heavy sigh...
I do not believe so.
On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 16:51, Matthew Johnson wrote:
On 1 Feb 2003, Tony Peden wrote:
On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 14:56, Jon Berndt wrote:
No doubt now that the focus will be on the left wing. But I'm
wondering, is
there anything that could have been done had the assessment gone the
On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 00:59:04 +0100,
Christian Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Arnt Karlsen wrote:
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 22:07:48 -,
Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
During
Dunno, prpbably their energy wasn't enough, but couldn't they try to
make it to the IIS and use a Progress (IIRC) to make it back, if they
figured out that this shuttle wasn't save enough to return?
..assuming the orbits were close enough, would it work for 10 people?
They were in the
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