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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. The shuttle was too high
and moving too fast to be shot down.
This was the end of a 16-day mission. The astronauts performed mostly
science experiments during the mission.
-TJ
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