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To: LindyBill who wrote (3126)	2/1/2003 12:15:04 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

2) The most obvious guess would be a tile breakdown that lead to the heat buildup causing the craft to come apart. What I'm currently hearing on Fox is that someone found a 5-foot tank from Columbia on the end of his airport (Nacodoches).. Claimed that it had SHRAPNEL holes in it. And there are so many accounts of a large explosion having been heard which seems to have been more than a mere sonic boom (waking people up, in some instances).. I'm just trying to figure out why the Columbia would have exploded at all, given that most of its hydrogen fuel for its fuel cells should have been expended by then.. And why would that tank have shrapnel holes in it... One would think that were the Columbia to veer off its re-entry trajectory, it would burn up like any other meteor, not explode with such tremendous force. The loudest thing that should have been heard should have been a sonic boom. But what do I know??... utcfuelcells.com quest.arc.nasa.gov unitedspacealliance.com seds.lpl.arizona.edu I also want to note that from that one particularly close shot of the reentry, it appears that Columbia is coming in SIDEWAYS!!. (just an optical illusion??) Edit: Btw, Anything related to the shuttle is excusable as being an international topic for the next couple of days. Hawk@keepingallpossibilitiesopenatthistime.com