space shuttle PROBLEM

* Columbia Missing on Re-Entry, Crew Presumed Lost
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_update_030201.html

Stay tuned to SPACE.com for continuing updates on developing
story.

Related News About STS-107 and the Crew:

* Mission Columbia: STS-107 Story and Multimedia Archive
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_mission_stories.html

* The STS-107 Crew
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_bios.html

* Rick Husband
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_husband.html

* William McCool
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_mccool.html

* Kalpana Chawla
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_chawla.html

* David Brown
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_david_brown.html

* Michael Anderson
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_mike_anderson.html

* Laurel Clark
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_laurel_clark.html

* Ilan Ramon
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_ramon.html

* Space Shuttle Image Galleries
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/archive.php?category=
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Body parts have been found. I wonder how body parts could be found, when reports from Texas citizens indicated that the shuttle was a firey ball.

'Aerodynamics May Explain Space Shuttle Breakup'

TIME science correspondent Jeffrey Kluger examines the possible causes and consequences of the Columbia disaster


http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,418462,00.html

Michael Anderson's hometown is here. My prayers to his family and the others.

The Israeli was the son of survivors of the Nazi death camps.

Very sad.

I believe the next scheduled mission or at least an upcoming mission is/was to carry Christa McAuliffe's backup, the first teacher to fly since McAuliffe.

Colonel Ramon was a distinguished Air Force pilot as well...

Thank you all for your sacrifice. We shall carry your memory to the stars.



timber

President Bush just finished reading a passage from the Book of Isaiah.

Space shuttle disintegrates on re-entry; crew, including Israeli, is dead

Israel: Loss of a National Hero - ITV.com

Ha'aretz Daily, Israel - Columbia breaks up over Texas, as 7 crew members killed

Indian Express - NASA space shuttle carrying Kalpana Chawla feared crashed

The Times of India: Kalpana Chawla killed in Columbia crash

CBS News SciTech & Space Shuttle Interactive History

STS-107 Mission Information, videos, crew information

NASA Human Spaceflight Home Page

Space Chronicle space news Houston Chronicle

NASA Space Link Shuttle Missions History

NASA Space Link Library

Iraq reacts: IRAQ:"God's Vengence"



timber

Very soon Saddam will learn what the real God's vengeance is all about. The devil in the hell is missing him and his sons.

From the story timber posted a link to:


Give me a break! Do they think that everything bad that happens in the U.S. is God's revenge on us? And I wonder what their reason would be for the bad things that happen to them.

Those people are not only ill-informed, they're downright scary!

This would be a stain on Bush, if accurate:

Fears of a catastrophic shuttle accident were raised last summer with the White House by a former Nasa engineer who pleaded for a presidential order to halt all further shuttle flights until safety issues had been addressed.
In a letter to the White House, Don Nelson, who served with Nasa for 36 years until he retired in 1999, wrote to President George W. Bush warning that his 'intervention' was necessary to 'prevent another catastrophic space shuttle accident'.

The Observer

wow, PDiddie, that's big.

WAY big.....And now I'm even more sad.

Thanks for that pdiddie, didn't see or read THAT on any coverage today, and I watched and read a lot. Just someone trying to do his best imitation of post-Challenger ronnie bedtime for bonzo.

Must every incident turn into a "blame Bush" episode?

no more than every incident turned into a "blame Clinton" episode, its the nature of politics i guess.

"For months, former NASA administrators had voiced concerns about the safety of the shuttle fleet. In April, Richard D. Blomberg, former chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's aerospace safety advisory panel, warned of danger ahead, saying, "I have never been as concerned for space shuttle safety as I am right now."

Blomberg said budget cuts kept the agency from adequately upgrading the aging shuttle fleet. Columbia was built in 1981.

Other officials insisted the program was safe, saying the shuttles receive regular upgrades and have a long life span.

Jose Garcia, a retired NASA technical assistant, said budget cuts throughout the 1990s resulted in the elimination of many safety checks during launch preparations. He went public with his concerns, all the way to President Clinton, but said nothing changed."

Hope that satisfies you, New Haven...

Shuttle's Failure Began with Left Wing