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In lugnet.space, Pedro Silva writes:
> I just heard on the news... NASA seems to have lost contact with Columbia
> Space Shuttle. The footage shown points out to a faulty re-entry, but have
> no more info at the moment - can someone check further on what is happening?
They don't know a whole lot right now. All they've said is they lost contact
with the shuttle when it was re-entering the earth's atmosphere at an
altitiude of 200,000 feet, travelling about mach 6, was over central Texas,
and time was about 8am eastern. They keep showing the video of a fireball
trailing through the sky, but there's not much detail. You can see some of
it breaking up.
They're advising everyone around the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and regions south
to avoid any debris they find.
The news also mentioned that there was a little trouble during launch. They
think ice and/or insulation off the orange fuel tank broke off and hit the
port wing of the shuttle. Any connection between this and the supposed crash
is just specuation at this poit.
-TJ
Houston, TX
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| I should also add that there were 7 astronauts on board. One was the first Israeli astronaut. NASA said the computers on board the shuttle stopped communicating with mission control. -a very bad sign. The news is saying that terrorism is not likely. (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Their speed was actually 12,500 miles per hour, not mach 6. The news is now reporting that fallen debris have been reported in east Texas. Residents are finding stuff on their properies and reporting it. The news also reports that a "senior (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| I just heard on the news... NASA seems to have lost contact with Columbia Space Shuttle. The footage shown points out to a faulty re-entry, but have no more info at the moment - can someone check further on what is happening? Pedro (21 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general) !
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