One of the members of the crew was Magellan's slave who was from the Molluccas. After the Philippines, the ships stopped at these Islands on the way back to Spain, making that particular person literally the first to have circumnavigated the globe.
larry At 11:38 AM 2/3/03 -0800, you wrote: > > 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 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
