Not much weather above 60000 ft. Shuttle was in unpowered glide mode. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: [biofuel] OT: Columbia Space Shuttle Lost
> I wonder if there are any weather-related lessons that can come from the two > shuttle crashes (Jan. 28, 1986(?)) and now February 1, 2003). I think maybe > with the first crash there were some on-the-launch-pad waiting issues that > occurred in fueling, but I don't know. Ultimately, I don't mean to imply the > causes were easy to pin down, just that I wonder how the time-of-year might > affect any existing weaknesses or accidents-waiting-to-happen in the design, if > they were there. > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 10:02:16 -0500, you wrote: > > >-- NASA reports losing contact with space shuttle Columbia at 9 a.m. EST > >prior its scheduled landing at 9:16 a.m. > >Watch CNN or log on to http://CNN.com /AOL Keyword: CNN for the latest news. > > > > > >Steve Spence > >Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter > >& Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: > >http://www.green-trust.org > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >Biofuels at Journey to Forever > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuel at WebConX > >http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > >List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/