Space Shuttle....????

[Hippie]

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[Hippie]

From NASA via, CNN

Now believe that shuttle began to break up over New Mexico, NOT Texas.

Small pieces of debris are confirmed on the ground in NM.

National Guard is being requested to secure debris sites.

 

[wingnutt]

hang on guys! i know it looks bleak, but lets not write these guys off until theres some confirmation. sometimes, ya just never know...

 

[NEDude]

Authorities in Jasper, TX are reporting remains of some of the astronauts have been located. Details are still sketchy.

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

how are SS's ELTs and data recorders? think they'll survive?

 

[wingnutt]

Authorities in Jasper, TX are reporting remains of some of the astronauts have been located. Details are still sketchy.

hmm, thats funny. im in dallas, and no mention of that here

 

[NEDude]

The stuff about Astronaut remains was reported on MSNBC TV about 12:50pm

Many news crews are reporting several false items. I have heard several times that in 42 years of spaceflight, this is the first tragedy involving re-entry and landing. WRONG. The Soviet Union lost Cosmonauts twice on re-entry. Soyuz 1 had a parachute failure and killed the lone Cosmonaut. Soyuz 11 had a decompression on re-entry and the three Cosmonauts, who were not wearing space suits, died. Apparently if it didn't happen to Americans, it didn't happen.

 

[wingnutt]

The stuff about Astronaut remains was reported on MSNBC TV about 12:50pm

hehe, well there ya go then...its only 12:30 pm

 

[EagleRJ]

Local news in Dallas had a tape shot by a viewer that showed something coming off the shuttle just as it started passing over the Dallas area. The normal, faint trail it was leaving then started transforming into a smoke trail. Several seconds later, there was a sudden and dramatic decrease in speed, and the single bright dot split into several smaller dots.

God Bless the heroic crew of STS-107

 

[NEDude]

"hehe, well there ya go then...its only 12:30 pm"


Reported at 12:50 pm ET.