RE: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!

["Adam Crosby" <acrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, but they can either a) use the Soyuz landing capsule to come back down,
or b) continue to be resupplied by other methods (like, more Soyuz launches
from Russia or something).  The ISS isn't really in danger (aside from the
'We need more saftey, bring everyone back down!' kind of 'social' feeling
that may come after this incident.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn M. Jones [mailto:smj@thresholdoflight.org]
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 1:16 PM
> To: twuug@twuug.org
> Subject: RE: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!
>
>
> On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 12:39, Adam Crosby wrote:
> > Apparently, the crew ejection system is a hatch on the side of
> the Shuttle -
> > they hook onto a pole, and slide out - triggering their parachutes.
> > At Mach18 (it's speed at the moment of lost contact), I don't
> think there is
> > a parachute material available that could survive, let alone the humans
> > attached.  The heat around the shuttle at that point of the deorbit burn
> > would instantly melt them.
> > I just hope this doesn't put as big a damper on the Space program as the
> > Challenger did - although I sadly suspect it will :(
>
> Don't we have folks in the International Space Station that have to be
> resupplied?
>
> --Shawn M. Jones
>


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