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

["Jerry M. Howell II" <jmhowell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 06:16:50PM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 12:39:47PM -0500, Adam Crosby wrote:
> 
> The current system was designed in response to Challenger because the
> crew module was intact when it struck water, and they could have survived.
> 
> Originally the idea was to have a real ejection system designed for
> extreme speed and altitude.  By the time Challenger exploded, there was
> nothing availabe, for a variety of reasons.
> 
> I'm sure the topic is going to come up now, but I doubt they'd spend
> the money to do something that technically difficult, not now anyway.
> Then again, they did have at least a simple or preliminary design before,
> and maybe they tested it and have some ideas to work on.  I'd hesitate
> to say it isn't possible.
>

It probably is posable but this requires funding. If we did like some
ppl. sugest on this list that won't be posable. Hell, thats part of the
reason a better rocket booster wasn't on the chalanger and the O ring
failed miserably. Do we realy need death to motivate us to increase
funding or safety. Sheesh...

> Aside: It never ceases to amaze me how stupid the news media is.
> Some idiot asked NASA if the shuttle was shot down by a Stinger missile.
> 
> We are talking about <5 minutes of Google research to avoid a stupid
> question like this.
> 
> That wasn't even the dumbest one I heard today.
> 

Nor I, actualy the bigest concern for me are the wacked out ppl on ebay
trying to make a dollor on the tragety. Not all of them. I'd like to
have something to remember this day by but realy

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3205352838&category=13904
I have recently also heard of ppl trying to sell actual wreckage but
doing a quick search seemed to show nothing. Thank goodness.

> > 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 :(
> 
> If we really honor those who died today, we'll push even harder.
> 
> Death isn't going to go away either, it's likely going to increase,
> especially if we tackle Mars.  If we give up every time something bad
> happens, we'll never get off this planet.
> 
> 
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