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In lugnet.space, Thomas Avery writes:
> 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...
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 official" at NASA has stated that there
is no hope for the shuttle or the crew.
TJ
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| They have been reporting of a search and rescue team in Texas to look for survivors because all the astronaunts had parachutes to escape. But traveling at 12,500 mph and at 200,000 feet, it's a 1 in a million chance for any survivors. Truely (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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