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Pastimes : Shuttle Columbia STS-107 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J.B.C. who wrote (8)	2/1/2003 11:32:17 AM
From: Rande Is	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 627

All: The satellite that detects energy/explosions/launches, etc. detected an initial explosion, called a "heat spike", from the Columbia trajectory. This would open a whole new can of speculative worms. There is still no reason to believe that terrorism had any role in this tragedy. There are many reasons why the shuttle could explode and break up upon re-entry into earth's atmosphere. All is speculative at this point. Unless terrorists are on the staff of NASA, there is simply no conceivable way that they could have played even the smallest role in this.

To: J.B.C. who wrote (8)	2/1/2003 11:59:33 AM
From: Aggie	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 627

A sad day for all... I have kin in Plano who heard the noise and immediately thought of ar terrorist bomb. All the car alarms and some of the home alarms were set off by it. Isn't 200,000 ft the elevation the SR-71 (blackbird) used to cruise at? That would suggest that control surfaces are usable at that altitude. I would not have thought that a dead-stick landing plan would have called for much residual fuel left on board. I thought the shuttle landed pretty much with empty tanks. My take is that the "toxic hazard" story line is to ensure that the wreckage is undisturbed for maximum investigatory benefit. Regards to All, our thoughts are with the families of the missing. Aggie