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re: Feb 1 is 15th anniversary of the Columbia disaster
Posted on 1/25/18 at 10:49 pm to pensacola
Posted on 1/25/18 at 10:49 pm to pensacola
So many people confused on this.
Challenger = 30+ years ago. Blew up on lift off into a giant white cloud of smoke on international TV. Had school teacher Terry McAuliffe on the flight. Happened at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Columbia = Burned up on re entry due to missing heat tiles. Flames got into wing and made contact with combustibles (oxygen tanks and fuel) resulting in explosion over TX and LA border.
Challenger = 30+ years ago. Blew up on lift off into a giant white cloud of smoke on international TV. Had school teacher Terry McAuliffe on the flight. Happened at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Columbia = Burned up on re entry due to missing heat tiles. Flames got into wing and made contact with combustibles (oxygen tanks and fuel) resulting in explosion over TX and LA border.
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Posted on 1/25/18 at 10:56 pm to DavidTheGnome
I grew up in North TX and was 11 at the time I guess. I vividly remember being woken up to the windows in our house shaking. I was always interested in geology/general science, so naturally I ran out of my room to wherever my mom was screaming “is this an earthquake?”
my dad actually still has a tiny metal piece of the wreckage he found over in East Texas. just a terrible situation all around
my dad actually still has a tiny metal piece of the wreckage he found over in East Texas. just a terrible situation all around
This post was edited on 1/25/18 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 1/25/18 at 10:57 pm to DavidTheGnome
That would be a sucky way to go. Not as bad as the Challenger though.
Posted on 1/25/18 at 11:04 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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Seven astronauts slipped into unconsciousness within seconds and their bodies were whipped around in seats whose restraints failed as the space shuttle Columbia spun out of control and disintegrated in 2003, according to a new report from NASA.
While the astronauts’ upper bodies flailed, the helmets that were supposed to protect them ended up battering their skulls, the report said, and “lethal trauma occurred to the unconscious or deceased crew due to the lack of upper-body support and restraint.”
Posted on 1/25/18 at 11:16 pm to Pettifogger
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this makes me feel sad
not really
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sad and very, very old
it does make me feel old doe
Posted on 1/25/18 at 11:30 pm to DavidTheGnome
I remember this. I woke up on a Saturday morning as a middle schooler. My dad is infamous for being very crass and extremely politically incorrect but I remember he was very serious and sat me down to explain to me what happened as soon as I walked into the kitchen. He very rarely got in that mood
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