NASA Report on Columbia

[fdmsiv]

I have been sitting here for over an hour now reading through this document (download from cnn). I am glad someone openly discussed the occupants during the break up of the shuttle instead of just the failure.

I remember the horrible debate as to the final demise of the Challenger crew, I am glad NASA has come out and clearly said what happened to those men and women aboard Columbia.

Rest in peace brave souls

 

[a70eliminator]

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I have been sitting here for over an hour now reading through this document (download from cnn). I am glad someone openly discussed the occupants during the break up of the shuttle instead of just the failure.

I remember the horrible debate as to the final demise of the Challenger crew, I am glad NASA has come out and clearly said what happened to those men and women aboard Columbia.

Rest in peace brave souls[/QUOTE

So what did happen to them (incinerated?)
They say the Challenger crew were alive until they impacted.

 

[Bass Man Bruce]

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It is assumed in the report that they were unconcious almost immediatly after depressurization as most or all died with their helmet visors still up. They were working desperatly to right the orbiter before breakup but were doomed, though they didn't know.

RIP brave souls!

 

[SgtMaj]

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I have a problem with feeling sorry for astronauts. I know it's silly, but they are getting the ride of a lifetime. I would gladly volunteer even if I knew ahead of time that it would end that way. Just getting up there in the first place is worth it. So I just can't feel sorry for them. Maybe something's wrong with me.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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on that note SgtMaj. as many dangerous professions, they died doing what they loved. it is not them if feel for necessairily, but the family and freinds thay left behind. some could even think of them as being selfish.

 

[MRS]

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test

 

[Mercathode]

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I live in East Texas, heard the Sonic Boom and saw the contrail. It is a dangerous profession but there is never a shortage of folks ready to go.

 

[MRS]

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Sorry for test but could not reply for a few days. Any how everybody that works on the shuttle launch or any launch puts there heart and soul into it. From the smallest nut to the biggest bolt including NASA and Mission control. When it all go's good it is the greatest feeling in the world but when it go's bad it is the worst feeling in the world. What SgtMaj said is true if you have never watched a shuttle launch you should it is unexplainable you just have to be there. They do what they do because they love it but they are also doing it for all of us God Bless them.

 

[jay_merrill]

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I wouldn't go so far as to say that I would board a space shuttle that I knew was going to crash, but I'd get on the next one.

 

[woosterken]

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where did you find the article? I would very much like to read it.

woosterken

 

[jay_merrill]

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/12/30/columbia.shuttle.disaster/?iref=mpstoryview


Look for the links to PDF copies of the official report, located on the left side of the page under "Don't Miss."

 

[fdmsiv]

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I wouldn't go so far as to say that I would board a space shuttle that I knew was going to crash, but I'd get on the next one.

I would do it in a heartbeat. I do not feel sorry for these men and women, just admiration and respect. These guys/gals are doing cutting edge research so that our lives down here on terra firma will go a little bit better.

I was so appalled with the way NASA handled the Challenger disaster, it was very Un-American in my opinion. The workers, scientist, engineers, and the American people put so much into the program only to have the bureaucratic management douches cover up, stonewall, and lie to everyone.

I am awe struck every time I start to think about the engineering genius that went towards the production of all the spacecraft with the shuttles being the pinnacle of it all. The most amazing thing to me is the majority of the ground work leading up to the shuttle was done with pencil, paper, and a slide rule.

I really can't think of a better way to meet the man upstairs than Mach 15.