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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 funding NASA is going to recieve... it might
concievably go down with public fear of more accidents a grounded shuttle fleet.
I guess its time to design a new orbiter...
My heart goes out for the family of the crew.
-JHK
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?
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> Pedro
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