Space ship columbia

[Effster]

A sad day for NASA and those 7 crew members of space ship columbia.The shuttle seemes to have exploded during re-entry.Please bow your heads and say a prayer for those members.Effy

[cyclone03]

Oh my God........................

[nomad]

Not what we needed in these times. A real tragedy.

[Racerx88]

Say a prayer for the ULTIMATE Marauder and her crew.

[JAL]

God bless them all.

[RF Overlord]

I remember vividly that day in January '86 when the Challenger exploded during launch...I had been watching it live at the office and heard Mission Control say: "We've lost the downlink..." my first thought was: "that's not good..."

I had a full stack of work-orders to complete and I was riding around in the truck in a daze, listening to the radio...every house I visited, people were crowded around the TV...

Here we are again...

[UncleLar]

Please don't forget their families and friends.

[martyo]

Like RF, my thought immediately returned to the Challenger tragedy. The loss of these heroes is unfathomable. God bless them, their families and their friends.

God bless America!

[Smokie]

Just want to take a moment to pay my respects to our brave astronauts and to offer my prayers to the families and friends of our fallen heroes, may God bless them and may God bless America.

[Smokie]

Amen !

[Cooper]

Amen to THAT, smokie. A sad, tragic day for our nation.

[Marauderman]

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What everyone says----I can't believe it--- All I can't think of are those "Heat Tiles".....just heard about it...was out all day getting MM dressed in Tint...and Reds.....has stold my thunder for this evening...

[Patrick]

I was planing to give my rauder a good cleanng today. But after what happened today, I could care less. My heart goes out to thier famaliys. May you yall rest in peace. As well as you should. I am sending this to the group but I am sending this from my heart, If someone reads this and knows someone who knows someone who died . I am truely sorry for lose. God has taken them to a better place. I thank them for what they did for us. I will never forget!! Mauradr is Cool, but life is first!!!!!!!!!!!

[gonzo50]

MAY GOD BLESS THEM, MAY GOD BLESS THEIR FAMILIES.

[cyled]

God Bless them and their families

[LincMercLover]

Diddo... :(

[cyclone03]

I'm amazed NOBODY on the ground was hit by debris.
It must of been raining metal,hell the shuttle must have 100,000 heat tiles at least and those things don't burn.

Sounds like the left wing failed.

[Bigdogjim]

May they rest in peace! God bless America! Pray for the ones left behind.

Big Dog

[Fourth Horseman]

First, like everybody else, I feel really badly for the astronauts and their families.

On a different angle, though, I wonder about the viability of the shuttle program now that we're down to three vehicles. I wonder if we can maintain our aggressive station building schedule with this small of a fleet. Anybody heard anything about plans to buy another shuttle?

[JamesHecker]

There are no plans to build another shuttle. The most recent shuttle, The Endeavor was largely built from parts left over that were originally designed to be replacement parts.

There is no doubt that the schedule will be affected. For now we will be depending more upon the Russian delivery system. Unfortunatly the Russian's system is only capable of delivering around 5 tons of payload when the shuttle can handle up to 110 tons.

It is hoped that the cause can be isolated fairly quickly and that it is determined that this accident is not a failure of any systems of the shuttle. It is hoped that it is in fact a manifistation of the inherent dangers of space flight.

That being the case we should be able to move forward with the shuttle program much sooner than the nearly three years that it took to recover from the Challenger tragedy.