velociti
02-01-2003, 10:33 AM
Minute by minute of shuttle reentry (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/status.html)
I don't know really what to say, other than it is hard to believe another shuttle has been lost. It's especially awful because the first Israeli astronaut was onboard. Unbelieveable. I wonder how this affects our situation with Iraq?
My thoughts go out to the families of the crew members.
zoom44
02-01-2003, 11:29 AM
my thoughts and prayers to the families, loved ones and freinds on the people on the space shuttle columbia. this is a sad, sad day.
MattFast
02-01-2003, 12:09 PM
I wonder how this affects our situation with Iraq?
Not much...
Real sad though!
wakeech
02-01-2003, 12:15 PM
well, this is the reason you've gotta give respect to pilots, racers, and astronaughts... so dangerous. and respect i give them.
Buger
02-01-2003, 03:57 PM
Unbelievable tragedy... We heard about it at a Walmart in Colorado Springs a few hours ago. It brings back the same feeling of emptiness that the Challenger disaster caused.
I remember hearing about the Challenger disaster in a stairwell in high school and it was hard to believe until actually seeing it explode on TV.
Condolences to the families that were affected by this...
cueball
02-01-2003, 04:23 PM
Many of us take space flight for granted. We forget that these brave people are taking a huge risk for their contries. If any good can come out of this awful tradgedy, hopefully we will find new respect for these brave people.:(
MaRX8
02-01-2003, 10:21 PM
I am a huge NASA buff. One of my life goals was to watch a shuttle liftoff, which I acomplished this last October (STS-112). If you saw my office you would ask, why I have so many Space Shuttle models around. I am so sad today. One of the bonuses of living in Texas is that we have Johson Space Center (Houston). And you get to see the plasma trail on re-entry on some of the landing approches. But today, today is just...... the worst. :( :( :(
MattFast
02-02-2003, 08:25 AM
What I don't understand is that they call this a disaster...it is just an accident. Plane crashes are small disasters; a lot of people get killed in such an accident. In the space shuttle 'only' 7. Just like in a car accident..
cueball
02-02-2003, 05:33 PM
Losing a shuttle is like losing a piece of America. In some ways the shuttle represents us so it dieing is like part of us dieing.
velociti
02-02-2003, 07:01 PM
Originally posted by cueball1029
Losing a shuttle is like losing a piece of America. In some ways the shuttle represents us so it dieing is like part of us dieing.
Amen.