space shuttle destroyed????

[Pappy]

just saw it on the news...did it burn up on re-entry:(

[Leo]

just beat me pappy... they've got some tape on CNN and it doesn't look very good :(

Leo

[Pappy]

6 times the speed of sound....200,000 feet....yep...


what a shame...they are some brave souls....may god be with them

[joeroadking]

holy cow thats terrible I just clicked on the news !!!

[NDrider]

Not another one!! I Remember the Challenger!!

[killed300ex]

wow that awfull i just turned on the news it definitly doesnt look good. Its to awfull to hear when stuf like this happens.
killed

[rookiex]

I can't believe those things go 5 miles per second...that is so fast...No wonder why it exploded...Vary sad,I hope it don't land on anyone either...Is it headed for the huston pad...or the city area??:confused:

[muff]

my mom just called me over to the tv, some pretty horrible stuff, like pappy said, "may god be with them"

[OG350]

Oh god they have video's of it burning up on re- entry.

[250exen]

Pappy beat me to it. that is to bad. 5 miles a second is FAST!!!
will god be with them

[OG350]

I hope it hasn't crashed but unfortunately...that outlook doesn't appear to be so healthy.... 12,000 mph / 200,000 feet...not a good combo.

"May God be with them and there families"

[250exen]

Well my cusin(teacher) just called and told me there was supposly an Isralie on board and they are suspecting that it was another terrist attack...

[SGA]

:(

[Ryan]

I just turned to the news and its really terrible. I wonder what happened the the shuttle? Going that speed anything can happen.

Another stragic loss :(

[Ralph]

WELL I THINK, AND IM ONLY SATING THIS CAUSE IF IM RIGHT IL BE FAMOUS, THAT THEY HAD SOME SECRET CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON THE SHIP AND TERRORISTS CRASHED IT SO THAT MAS CONTAMINATION COULD TAKE PLACE... I THINK ITS KINDA ODD THAT THEY KEEP SAYING "IF U FIND ANY DEBREE SHOULD AVOID ANY DEBREE BECAUSE IT MAY BE TOXIC, CAUSE OF "FUELS" AND ANY DEBREE SHOULD BE REPORTED IMEADIATLY...

[Extremeracer167]

i dont see how it would be possible for it to be a terrorist attack. There is nothing man made that can go that speed with its own force, such as a missle or something along those lines.

[Ralph]

SAVOTAGE

[Extremeracer167]

GODSPEED:(

[Extremeracer167]

Man, anything going that speed, hitting the earth could cause a HUGE PROBLEM!! I hope to god it doesnt hit any populated area!!!

:(

[brink400]

Well its not going to fall in one piece, if it exploded in re-entry then a lot of it would have disentegrated(sp) but there probably could be pieces the size of a car or somethng that could have made it through. They prabably are telling people not to get close to the debris so that people wont pick up smaller pieces and keep them as souvenirs.

[muff]

has it hit?

[Ralph]

THERE WAS AN ISRAELY, they just announced id:eek:

[-=Skot=-]

terrible

[Extremeracer167]

they said it was heading SE and dissapeared at the arkansas state line

[Ryan]

They are saying that a plain was near by the shuttle so that could have caused a problem. They say that it was really close to eachother.

[Ralph]

Originally posted by Ryan
They are saying that a plain was near by the shuttle so that could have caused a problem. They say that it was really close to eachother. 200,000 feet up?

[HondaRancherES]

Just come in from riding and saw it too. Man thats bad 7 people

[OG350]

"On launch day, a piece of insulating foam on the external fuel tank came off during liftoff and was believed to have struck the left wing of the shuttle. NASA said as late as Friday that the damage to the thermal tiles was believed to be minor and posed no safety concern during the fiery decent through the atmosphere."...

Josh

whoa, i havent heard nothin about it til now

[Ben]

:( I'm keeping them in my prayers :(

[BlazingYamahaYz]

could someone explain exactly what happened? i havent caught the news yet(just woke up), and from you guys it seems that a space shuttle has crashed into earth...little help please....and may god be with them and their families...:(

[Ryan]

Originally posted by Lrd Mx400ex
200,000 feet up?

Thats what I was thinking but thats what was on the news.

is there ne chance they lived?

[4Man450es]

no, its 2000 degrees up there during re-entry. they wouldve burned verry quick.:(

[OG350]

Originally posted by BlazingYamahaYz
could someone explain exactly what happened? i havent caught the news yet(just woke up), and from you guys it seems that a space shuttle has crashed into earth...little help please....and may god be with them and their families...:( Like I said earlier this is what nasa said happened.On launch day, a piece of insulating foam on the external fuel tank came off during liftoff and was believed to have struck the left wing of the shuttle. NASA said as late as Friday that the damage to the thermal tiles was believed to be minor and posed no safety concern during the fiery decent through the atmosphere."...

Josh

[Foxrage]

Someone told me that the cabin was built as a seperate peice and could withstand a lot of stress and that the people could possibly make it? Im not sure. But either way may god be with them.

[OG350]

As Ronald Reagan said after the previous shuttle disaster -



quote:
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The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.
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Rick D. Husband, Commander
William C. McCool, Pilot
Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander
David M. Brown, Mission Specialist
Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist
Laurel Clark, Mission Specialist
Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist

We salute you, and will mourn with your families.

Let us hope that this does not stop us reaching for the stars.

Josh

[OG350]

Here is a pic of it breaking up :(
http://images.chron.com/content/news/photos/03/02/01/cnn.jpg

[Pappy]

lrd....the isreali aboard was a decorated combat air veteran and an astronout. please dont shame him by saying he was a terrorist. the shuttle is man made...and nasa doesnt have the greatest track record

[CHAUNCY]

May God bless thier souls.

[Ralph]

i wasnt sure of his backrounds, but in that case i highly doubt it was anything was caused by him. but im still not crossing terrorists out of my list of waht could have happend it could have been savotaged before take off...-or maybe it just crased cause it was 17 years old...

[cheetah]

It really shouldn't be called "old". If you have ever been there they pretty much strip the whole thing down after each mission and repair and replace everything that could possibly malfunction. It's such a huge process to check over everything it takes close to a month. It was practically new by everything they do to it, that machine is actually safer than our cars.

[OG350]

Hey Hey u know how that nasa officials are saying don't touch the debris because dangerous rocket fule might be left on it. We'll I thought that before re-entry they dump all there fuel in space before re-entry so that just in case if something goes wrong there won't be a huge explosion.

[cheetah]

Originally posted by OG350
Hey Hey u know how that nasa officials are saying don't touch the debris because dangerous rocket fule might be left on it. We'll I thought that before re-entry they dump all there fuel in space before re-entry so that just in case if something goes wrong there won't be a huge explosion.

They dump the big external tank before they ever enter space and it burns up in the atmosphere. They don't really use thrusters on reentry, they glide in. Which is why they have to come into the atmosphere at an exact spot so they have time to slow down before they reach the runway.

[OG350]

Originally posted by cheetah
They dump the big external tank before they ever enter space and it burns up in the atmosphere. They don't really use thrusters on reentry, they glide in. Which is why they have to come into the atmosphere at an exact spot so they have time to slow down before they reach the runway. I thought that on re-entry they use like a couple of s-turns to slow down the shuttle.

[Razorback]

I heard this go over Dallas this morning. It just sounded like somebody upstairs in my house just dropped something real heavy. The news right now is that a lot of debris is being found in the Palestine, TX, area. This is a sad day indeed. God bless the families of those who lost loved ones in this tragic event.

[Razorback]

Also, debris being found in the Nacogdoches, TX, area.

[optikid123]

:( god bless them:(

[Nausty]

Originally posted by Pappy
lrd....the isreali aboard was a decorated combat air veteran and an astronout. please dont shame him by saying he was a terrorist. the shuttle is man made...and nasa doesnt have the greatest track record


I agree, we don't have a clue what happened yet and its to early to make that assumption.

[Ralph]

Originally posted by cheetah
It really shouldn't be called "old". If you have ever been there they pretty much strip the whole thing down after each mission and repair and replace everything that could possibly malfunction. It's such a huge process to check over everything it takes close to a month. It was practically new by everything they do to it, that machine is actually safer than our cars.

thats what i was thinking

[Juggalo]

yeah i'm watching it right now..sad stuff :( they are showing pictures of debris that hit the ground in like the middle of the city. that some scary stuff. i am praying for the crew members and their families.

[JustRace]

The reason that they are not suppose to touch the debree is because it may have hydrozene fuel on it which is extremely toxic.

[OG350]

Originally posted by Lrd Mx400ex
thats what i was thinking If you have ever flown on a 727, 737, or 747, chances are it is 30yrs old, and some up to 40 yrs old. Aircraft and space craft are inspected and basically rebuilt so many times that age is not the controlling factor, it is cycles, or times flown. In aviation terms, that shuttle is still a baby at 28 flights.

[RiPPiNiTuP7]

:(

[Tommy 17]

sad day in america...


did anyone see where the a-hole called into dan rather and said... ya the pilots legs and teeth were found in my back yard... he said he had debri... and then he goes dan rather is a idiot and they kicked him off the tv... wow people need to get a life:o some people have no respect exspecially in a time like this...

[JTRtrx250r]

Originally posted by Ben
:( I'm keeping them in my prayers :( :( very sad

[QuadJunkies]

I just heard about this about 45 minutes ago from another Ex member...:( Gave me a sick feeling inside...:( :(

[tants]

Originally posted by Tommy 17
sad day in america...


did anyone see where the a-hole called into dan rather and said... ya the pilots legs and teeth were found in my back yard... he said he had debri... and then he goes dan rather is a idiot and they kicked him off the tv... wow people need to get a life:o some people have no respect exspecially in a time like this...


did they really say that?



very sad... i was watching it earlier this morning :o

[Nausty]

Originally posted by Tommy 17
sad day in america...


did anyone see where the a-hole called into dan rather and said... ya the pilots legs and teeth were found in my back yard... he said he had debri... and then he goes dan rather is a idiot and they kicked him off the tv... wow people need to get a life:o some people have no respect exspecially in a time like this...


Oh god, don't get me started on news reporters like Barbera "speech impediment" Walters and Dan Rather! IS all they do is regurgitate(spel?) what other people say to them even though they might not have know anything about the topic at hand and claim to be doing the public a service. I mean if she wants to do a service why doesn't she come clean my house or pick trash up along a major highway, plant flowers.

I mean for a while the media acted like America would probably die from anthrax-tainted letters and is all the media does is tell people what they want to hear. For instance guess what I saw last night? "machines killing kids". Where is all they did is bash dirt bikes and atvs and blame the manufactures instead of the riders and parents own stupidity. Granted I did think that was sick to go on tv and say you found a arm and leg in your back yard but people talk these reporters up as if they are hero's. *rant off*

[BlazingYamahaYz]

i watched the news, its on everyone one of my channels pretty much...sad story...

[bluebaron]

:confused: :( :mad: :huh :grr

[QuadTrix6]

Originally posted by muff
my mom just called me over to the tv, some pretty horrible stuff, like pappy said, "may god be with them"

yes :( :(

[MichaelS693]

Originally posted by brink400
They prabably are telling people not to get close to the debris so that people wont pick up smaller pieces and keep them as souvenirs.


reason they dont want people pickin up pieces is the fuel used is very toxic and if you inhale it it forms somethin arouynd your air pockets in your lungs and you will suffocate (sp?) within 48 hours from it SO DONT PICK IT UP OR GO NEAR IT!:D :rolleyes:

[beerock]

:o GOD SPEED to them!

One thing I would like to add is that the damn media will milk this for all its worth just like wtc.

It really gets annoying.
but what can ya do.
no news is good news.

[250rmike]

:( this is the first shuttle that we have ever lost while orbiting and re entering. has anyone else thought of this, something bad happens about every 20 years at nasa. sad day for all. was the first isreali to go into space. they said he was a national hero.very sad

[OG350]

Here is a pic of the debris in Nacogdoches
http://images.chron.com/content/news/photos/03/02/01/debris2.jpg

[bigbadbrad]

well the presadent just confermed that every one on the shuttle was lost. and that something did go very wrong with it. that debris looks like part of a plastic truck bed liner

[OG350]

Originally posted by bigbadbrad
well the presadent just confermed that every one on the shuttle was lost. and that something did go very wrong with it. that debris looks like part of a plastic truck bed liner It looks like that because the explosion was probably so bad that it tore everything to shreads :(

[Martin Blair]

Ive been watching all morning and the president just said theres no chance of any survivors, i will be praying for there faming tonight, may god be with all of them and the family.

[Ralph]

Originally posted by HN400exracer
Ive been watching all morning and the president just said theres no chance of any survivors, i will be praying for there faming tonight, may god be with all of them and the family.

how could some1 survive,

1st) its burning up
2nd) it has to HIT the ground at lik 100,000 mph...

[Derek]

god bless:(

[OG350]

Originally posted by Lrd Mx400ex
how could some1 survive,

1st) its burning up
2nd) it has to HIT the ground at lik 100,000 mph... Not at 100,000mph get your facts straight it was around 12,000 miles per hour.

God Bless them and there families.

[TheX1992]

the size of the shuttle vs the size of the debris....it will take a long time to collect all of it. i bet they will do like they did with TWA 800 and collect and reassemble to figure out what they did wrong. i was watching one show and they were collecting parts from a plane which had debris scattered like this and they were offering a 500 dollar reward for each part found! but i bet they have to wait for the toxins to evaporate before they let the crowd near it. i cant imagine that 'truck bed liner' coming down IN PUBLIC ROADS that fast.... i would be staying indoors :(

[Martin Blair]

O well i know they couldnt but somewhere there still someplace in you that hopes someone would survie, evne thought it is next to enpossible.

[bandit390]

Theres already reports of body parts in the sabin parrish and shuttle parts found in my town.

[Glow Plug]

i couldn't bother to read the other 5 pages so i don't know if this has been said.

But anyway Well it really sucks i guess i've had the news on for like 2 or 3 hours just watching the same thing over and over (the part where it is breaking up) and i still cna't belive it my heart is with the victims familys :(

[Rip_Tear]

Thats real sad.. Its a real set back in space things... Hopefully they can find out what happened and fix it. My prayer's go to their families.

[Nausty]

Originally posted by OG350
Not at 100,000mph get your facts straight it was around 12,000 miles per hour.

God Bless them and there families.

lol if you wanna be like that I doubt the space shuttle hit the ground at 12k mph but entered the earths atmosphere at that speed. Really by the time it reaches the ground its gonna be going much slower. Just like the tests where people sky dived at the edge of spaced where they get going up to mach 2 1/3 of the way down and then they start slowing down.

[OG350]

Originally posted by Nausty
lol if you wanna be like that I doubt the space shuttle hit the ground at 12k mph but entered the earths atmosphere at that speed. Really by the time it reaches the ground its gonna be going much slower. Just like the tests where people sky dived at the edge of spaced where they get going up to mach 2 1/3 of the way down and then they start slowing down. I think it hit around several 1000 miles per hour because they hadn't started the s turns to slow down the shuttle yet.

[RytM1]

Originally posted by TheX1992
the size of the shuttle vs the size of the debris....it will take a long time to collect all of it.
From what I was watching before I went to work tonight, they said there was debris scattered over 5 states. Its kinda freaky the way things happen though, this week was the anniversary of the other shuttle explosion.

My prayers are with their families.

[02 Red Rider]

Originally posted by beerock
:o GOD SPEED to them!

One thing I would like to add is that the damn media will milk this for all its worth just like wtc.

It really gets annoying.
but what can ya do.
no news is good news.

Early speculation from anybody including the rumor mills the people start about what the cause was and what exactly happened is very annoying.

There families will be in our prayers.:(

[user101]

very very sad:(

[Tommy 17]

did anyone see where people were saling the debri on ebay... wtf is this world comin 2...

is it true that if u go out and keep a piece u find its like 250,000$ fine and prision???

[muff]

Originally posted by Tommy 17
did anyone see where people were saling the debri on ebay... wtf is this world comin 2...

is it true that if u go out and keep a piece u find its like 250,000$ fine and prision???

yeah really what are they thinkin, that should happen if they pick up pieces

did you guys hear about the pieces that fell in the water resivor and they're saying its ok to drink the water still :huh :uhoh:

[YardDog24]

Originally posted by Lrd Mx400ex
WELL I THINK, AND IM ONLY SATING THIS CAUSE IF IM RIGHT IL BE FAMOUS, THAT THEY HAD SOME SECRET CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON THE SHIP AND TERRORISTS CRASHED IT SO THAT MAS CONTAMINATION COULD TAKE PLACE... I THINK ITS KINDA ODD THAT THEY KEEP SAYING "IF U FIND ANY DEBREE SHOULD AVOID ANY DEBREE BECAUSE IT MAY BE TOXIC, CAUSE OF "FUELS" AND ANY DEBREE SHOULD BE REPORTED IMEADIATLY...

Could you be any more of a jackass?

[Quadfather]

The news said that they were traveling at 12,500 mph when it happened. It also said that they are hitting near 20,000mph, and then they circle the USA four times, doing "banking maneuvers" to slow down.

The people aboard knew of the dangers involved.

[zephead400ex]

WELL I THINK, AND IM ONLY SATING THIS CAUSE IF IM RIGHT IL BE FAMOUS, THAT THEY HAD SOME SECRET CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON THE SHIP AND TERRORISTS CRASHED IT SO THAT MAS CONTAMINATION COULD TAKE PLACE... I THINK ITS KINDA ODD THAT THEY KEEP SAYING "IF U FIND ANY DEBREE SHOULD AVOID ANY DEBREE BECAUSE IT MAY BE TOXIC, CAUSE OF "FUELS" AND ANY DEBREE SHOULD BE REPORTED IMEADIATLY...
WTF man...obviously there is liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen that has not burned or evaporated...very harmful to humans...and body parts...I dont think anyone should touch those or take them home and try to sell a torched thigh bone on ebay...

not flaming....just concerned

[zephead400ex]

WELL I THINK, AND IM ONLY SATING THIS CAUSE IF IM RIGHT IL BE FAMOUS, THAT THEY HAD SOME SECRET CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON THE SHIP AND TERRORISTS CRASHED IT SO THAT MAS CONTAMINATION COULD TAKE PLACE... I THINK ITS KINDA ODD THAT THEY KEEP SAYING "IF U FIND ANY DEBREE SHOULD AVOID ANY DEBREE BECAUSE IT MAY BE TOXIC, CAUSE OF "FUELS" AND ANY DEBREE SHOULD BE REPORTED IMEADIATLY...
WTF man...obviously there is liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen that has not burned or evaporated...very harmful to humans...and body parts...I dont think anyone should touch those or take them home and try to sell a torched thigh bone on ebay...

not flaming....just concerned