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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
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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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| As of 9:08 AM CT, CNN is showing multiple videos and pictures of several, not one, flying streaks. There is footage of the shuttle streaking past, then growing briefly brighter, after which there are several distinct streaks flying through the air (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| The caption on the CNN ticker now says "Official at Johnson Space Center: Shuttle is lost." Peace and Long Life, Tony Alexander (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| It is haunting that the challenger discussion was just brought up in this group, now more disaster. I just witnessed the footage on television and I and humbled and saddened. My heart goes out to the families of the crew. May this remind us how the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| This is BAD. Already two shuttles have now been destroyed 'in action.' I wonder what is going to happen next. I heard something about the Russion Soyuz spacecraft to be used to ferry stuff to the International Space Station. I wonder about the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| I would encourage everyone to post a symbol of unity and condolences to the family of STS-107 on their web sites. Let's show our LUGNET and LEGO community support. The STS-107 Patch can be found here: (URL) B. Combs, Publisher Bricks in my Pocket (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| 8^( I can remember vacationing in Florida about six years back and going to Cape Canaveral. I truly enjoyed the visit. The one thing that sticks in my mind most about that visit is the memorial. IIRC(please correct me if I am wrong), the person we (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| Bleh.. this sucks. I really never thought I'd live through another Space Shuttle disaster.. I was 12.. It was really difficult to hear this on a day trip to LEGOLand of all places... Made the trip pretty melancholy.. I picked up a LEGO astronaut (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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