> 98% of the crews died. Including Magellan, IIRC...
will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ 425.739.3629 Voice 425.466.7016 Cell 425.739.3690 FAX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:33 AM Subject: Re: space shuttle columbia accident > The Columbia did not have the space arm for this trip, and unfortunately > they were not equipped for an EVA. How could they have checked the tiles? > Its unfortunate, but all exploration is very risky. Consider this > Magellan's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Of the > approximately 500 men and 5 ships, 18 survived - 98% of the crews died. Did > that stop exploration? We are in the same situation now. The costs are > nothing compared to what can be gained. > > You don't like the space program, then stop using its benefits. Stop using > the Internet and your computer. If you go for medical treatment, a lot of > modern medicine has benefited from the space program. It also means you > need to stop watching Television or listening to radio - both technologies > have immensely improved because of NASA and the space program. You eat > frozen or preserved foods? Will have to stop that. In the 1970's the Office > of Technology Assessment, part of the Congressional Budget Office, > estimated that technologically the US leaped ahead 25 to 50 years directly > because of the space program. Isn't that a benefit? > > larry > > At 09:16 AM 2/3/03 -0500, you wrote: > >what? Thats crazy talk their budget has been squeezed so much and sometimes > >shit happens > >They died doing something they believed, they know they could possibliy die. > >Of course i find it alittle annoying they dont check the tiles in space > >everytime. I mean i would have assumed thats something they do a little > >space walk for to at least look. Maybe after this it might become something > >that IS done to be safe, dock the shuttle with the space station and check > >out the tiles. > > > >Some people think going into space is a waste but I think they are wrong > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:10 AM > >Subject: RE: space shuttle columbia accident > > > > > > > Why would they die for no reason? > > > > > > Maybe they died to save other lives, by showing the program to be non > > > feasible with too high a risk to the US economy and human life. > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > You know up until i read that the Columbia was the only shuttle without > > > the ability to dock with the space station i figured it would be common > > > sense to at least have the people go out and check out the bottom of the > > > ship. And ok maybe you can't readd the tiles but at least you can dock > > > with the space station and wait for another shuttle to come up and give > > > some equipment to fix it. Or at the least you save the lives of the > > > astronauts. > > > > > > > > > And i also read on msnbc somewhere a quote from the Nasa Administrator > > > that this will probably mean the end of the shuttle program and the > > > International Space Station. I'm looking for the link but that would > > > defiantly suck those people dieing for no reason > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
