Columbia shuttle exploded

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scarecrow

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It is just a pretty typical military accident, I dont feel exhited at all. I just pity the fools that envision conquering the world by such baloney projects.
It seems that mr. J.W. Bush is not just sap and corrupted, he is jinx as well.
 
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VIPER_1069

VIPER_1069

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ok we all feel for the familys etc but please remember to not delve into political debates or whatever you assume happened we do not want accusations or theorys here we have had things snowball here and threads closed so please try respect the familys etc anything deemed to be offensive here or disrespect so please do not post jokes pictures etc in this thread that are unsuitable for the forum ......the posts will be deleted without notice and a p.m. will be sent !

thanks for your time to read this but we have to have some RESPECT all our hearts go out to those involved :)
 
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LTR12101B

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17 years and the same week since Challenger - is the Shuttle really that old?
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/shuttle/orbiters.html
Columbia was the oldest in the fleet
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/columbia.html

And that also links to the fateful mission
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-107/mission-sts-107.html

Once upon a time, every launch and landing was news, but then, the shuttle became the "space bus", and like every form of transport, you can expect the odd accident... how many die in plane, train, bus and car crashes every year?

A small thing to be thankful for, is that there were no ground casualties, unlike in many plane crashes.
 
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Wedge

Wedge

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This is sad to me. I do not know any of them personally, of course, but it makes my heart ache to see such tragedies.

My condolences to the victim's families.
 
daveml

daveml

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The space program may seem like a waste of money.
But it may save us all (our descendants anyway) once we have killed our planet completely.

My sympathies.
 
Wedge

Wedge

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daveml said:
The space program may seem like a waste of money.
But it may save us all (our descendants anyway) once we have killed our planet completely.
Click to expand...

I couldn't agree more.
 
The-poacher

The-poacher

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An interesting thought but not valid space travel will never save us
U just CANNOT travel fast enough to get anywhere worthwhile (forget space warp factor 4)

We should be more worried about whats gonna hit us from space not where we are gonna go.

And that makes the deaths even more tragic.
 
daveml

daveml

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Thats what they said about the first trains.
Technology is boundaryless.
Its just a matter of time before the fuel/engine is there.
A long long long time yet.
 
The-poacher

The-poacher

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d not a matter of what they build its physics & until we find a way to travel at speeds way beyond what physics says exist can we travel in Space properly.

Remember the places we may want to go to are moving away from us faster & faster so something that is 1000 light years away today will be 1001 light years away tomorrow.
 
daveml

daveml

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I have to say that there is as much one sided bull on that site as anywhere in the whitehouse or 10 downing street.
For my part. ;)
Its irrelevent anyway.
People have died. Recriminations can be left for later.
 
Wedge

Wedge

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The-poacher said:
d not a matter of what they build its physics & until we find a way to travel at speeds way beyond what physics says exist can we travel in Space properly.

Remember the places we may want to go to are moving away from us faster & faster so something that is 1000 light years away today will be 1001 light years away tomorrow.
Click to expand...

Actually, when I agreed with Dave I was not talking about a shuttling system to go back and forth from earth to space. I had envisioned future generations living in space colonies where everything is contained within. Travel among the colony would be a feasible thing, something highly advanced. I beleive it can be done and maybe it will be-- long, long after we are gone.
 
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