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15 years ago today, we lost the Shuttle Columbia
Posted on 2/1/18 at 6:38 am
Posted on 2/1/18 at 6:38 am
R.I.P.
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 6:43 am to EastBankTiger
Such a tragedy
Posted on 2/1/18 at 6:49 am to EastBankTiger
I'll always remember where I was that Saturday morning.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 6:52 am to goldenbadger08
Same
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:13 am to EastBankTiger
NASA SC in Houston/Clear Lakehas an awesome tribute to them in one of their buildings 
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:22 am to EastBankTiger
I thought the way they held it together inside mission control, even though they knew the crew was gone, was incredible.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:23 am to EastBankTiger
We haven't found it in 15 years? Are we even looking anymore?
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:27 am to Breesus
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We haven't found it in 15 years? Are we even looking anymore?
And actually, a-hole, part of it landed on some of my family's property. They left it there, and put up a sign to commemorate it.
They never contacted authorities about it.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:30 am to EastBankTiger
R.I.P.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:43 am to ksayetiger
Wow I didn't know a torso, foot, and a heart was recovered amongst the debris.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:49 am to EastBankTiger
Part of the debris landed on a former colleagues ranch out in Texas. Never heard what he saw but it messed him up really bad. I heard from a mutual colleague that was offshore with him at the time that the guy went completely crazy one day. Was making voices and noises on the rig's PA system and had to be restrained, locked in his room and then flown off the rig to a hospital.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:53 am to goldenbadger08
I was at ULL to watch them implode an old dorm building. We heard a boom but it wasn't the building demolition. A short bit later we found out what the noise was.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:29 am to EastBankTiger
What's even crazier is that buttons and emergency beacons were being activated after the explosion meaning that at least 1 crew member initially survived and was conscious as the space craft tumbled to earth. I couldn't imagine what that would feel like, literally seeing death coming for you
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:37 am to goldenbadger08
True Story. I was living in the Woodlands. My GF and I went for a walk in the park that morning with our beagle pup. I proposed in the park, as I had been planning. About 30 seconds after she said yes we heard a large boom. We get back to our apt. we saw on the news about the shuttle.
It was an omen...I still have the beagle, not the girl(thankfully).
It was an omen...I still have the beagle, not the girl(thankfully).
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:45 am to ksayetiger
Well, sounds like your family are the assholes.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:47 am to 31LSUTigers31
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What's even crazier is that buttons and emergency beacons were being activated after the explosion meaning that at least 1 crew member initially survived and was conscious as the space craft tumbled to earth. I couldn't imagine what that would feel like, literally seeing death coming for you
Wasn't there speculation that the Challenger astronauts may have also been alive after the explosion and before the crash into the ocean?
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:48 am to ksayetiger
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part of it landed on some of my family's property. They left it there, and put up a sign to commemorate it.
They never contacted authorities about it.
Your family sucks. And so do you. And so does your mom.... On my penis.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:49 am to Breesus
Breesus stop
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:52 am to GetCocky11
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Wasn't there speculation that the Challenger astronauts may have also been alive after the explosion and before the crash into the ocean?
They were absolutely alive. Maybe not conscious the entire time due to depressurization. The explosion didn’t occur in the crew module.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 9:00 am to 31LSUTigers31
Had to do this in the thread the other day too.
Learn your shuttle disasters.
Challenger - Detonated during take off into a giant white cloud from which eventually emerged debris. Everyone then knew what had happened. Extensive video of the NASA folks in Mission Control sitting stoically at their desks continuing to work. Later determined that the cockpit held together and that the eventual impact with the ocean killed the astronauts. Activities within the cockpit recorded after the explosion. Many kids saw this accident live on TV while at school. Cause of accident was traced to a failure of the main fuel tank seals during heating and cooling prior to launch. Happened in Florida.
Columbia - Exploded and burned up on reentry. No video of the actual explosion (I haven’t seen any). Death of flight crew was instantaneous due to explosion, altitude, speed, etc. The cockpit was completely breached by the explosion. This happened over TX and LA, shuttle was headed to FL to land. Debris field covered miles. Cause was traced to ice falling from fuel tank at take off and knocking heat shield tiles from the leading edge of the wing. On reentry, flames entered the wing through the hole of missing tiles and became involved with the fuel and oxygen tanks.
Hope that helps those who were young to differentiate between the two.
Learn your shuttle disasters.
Challenger - Detonated during take off into a giant white cloud from which eventually emerged debris. Everyone then knew what had happened. Extensive video of the NASA folks in Mission Control sitting stoically at their desks continuing to work. Later determined that the cockpit held together and that the eventual impact with the ocean killed the astronauts. Activities within the cockpit recorded after the explosion. Many kids saw this accident live on TV while at school. Cause of accident was traced to a failure of the main fuel tank seals during heating and cooling prior to launch. Happened in Florida.
Columbia - Exploded and burned up on reentry. No video of the actual explosion (I haven’t seen any). Death of flight crew was instantaneous due to explosion, altitude, speed, etc. The cockpit was completely breached by the explosion. This happened over TX and LA, shuttle was headed to FL to land. Debris field covered miles. Cause was traced to ice falling from fuel tank at take off and knocking heat shield tiles from the leading edge of the wing. On reentry, flames entered the wing through the hole of missing tiles and became involved with the fuel and oxygen tanks.
Hope that helps those who were young to differentiate between the two.
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