No the thing that sucked was Columbia was the only shuttle that was unable to dock with the ISS. Of course i agreed that they should have jury rigged a space walk but oh well hindsight is 20/20. Though i was reading about the thing as just a footnote on take off and was thinking might cause a problem but you know you never think the worst
----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Dudley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: RE: space shuttle columbia accident > From the evidence we've heard so far, it does seem pretty obvious that > the insulation falling off the fuel tank and hitting the orbiters left > wing has indeed caused the tragedy. Since they knew about the impact, > doesn't it seem odd that they just almost wrote it off and didn't take a > look at the left wing while the shuttle was in space? Surely anyone in > their right mind would make absolutely sure there was no damage that may > cause such a disaster. > > There must have been something that could have been done in order to get > a look? And if they had, and found a problem, couldn't the astronauts > have come back via the soyuz craft that's docked with the ISS? Couldn't > they have got enough supplies from the ISS to stay in orbit until the > next shuttle mission? > > I don't know, perhaps I'm clutching at straws but it seems that someone > or some people at NASA have made a terrible error of judgment and it's > ultimately cost seven lives. Perhaps that's harsh. Let's just say that > they have failed to spot a significant danger and that has contributed > to the deaths. > > However, I do believe that the show must go on, but only after > everything possible has been done to prevent this happening again. Only > a fool does not learn from his mistakes. > > Craig. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harkins,Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 03 February 2003 17:00 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: space shuttle columbia accident > > I think Gel just feels a sense of outrage and sadness at the deaths, > which > I'm sure we all privately share to one degree or another. > And the other thing is the success of these missions rides on a 100% > buy-in > to a quasi-fanatical labor-of-love mentality.... If this is in any way > in > question then maybe it is time to take a pause for refocusing. > > Patrick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 10:51 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: space shuttle columbia accident > > > > > > Gel- > > > > Sorry for putting this so bluntly, but I find your comment > > completely ridiculous. > > > > There are been only a couple of hundred human-crewed space missions. > > > > What was the accident rate like after the first couple of > > hundred airplane flights? > > > > Or the breakdown rate for the first couple of hundred > > automobile drives? > > > > The shuttle is phenomenally more complex. There are over one > > million parts. > > And a lot of the research launches have been failing because > > of funding cuts, in my opinion. > > > > -Ben > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
