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

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (378)	2/5/2003 9:05:31 PM
From: ownstock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 627

I saw the video on MSNBC (I think) but as a typical male, I channel surf the satellite feeds a lot, so could be mistaken. I think you can watch the wing tip in the close up shots even if not enhanced. It really bounces around. Looks like it gets sucked down as the tiles peel off, then bounces up and oscillates a bit after they release. I think the big tank burns up or goes into the ocean: it is not recovered to my knowledge.

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (378)	2/5/2003 11:39:39 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 627

Thanx for that post; my ISP is giving me fits so I can't say much. If the crew had been told in a timely manner there was 16 days to figure out something, and if it was as bad as it now seems, I'm sure resources could have been stretched a lot longer. Who know but that a Russian ship could not have been launched.. What get's me after seeing the foam/ice thing hit the wing on launch , they acted like nothing happened, and nothing was tried. Management likely went over their canned cover our ass routines just in case. Jim