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

To: Larry S. who wrote (579)	3/2/2003 3:53:11 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 627

Larry, The Russians have a short simpler launch checklist. Their rockets is less complex and can achieve a varieyt of orbits. The meet a huttle orbit is doable, a bit extra fule, but well within the capability. Other shuttles could have been readied in a few weeks. Would the oxxygen last 2-3 weeks on minimum electric power useage? Beats me, but quite possibly. Sad, that nothing was done. Bill

To: Larry S. who wrote (579)	3/2/2003 7:30:19 PM
From: A. Borealis	Respond to of 627

COLUMBIA FLIGHT-DECK-VIDEO CAN BE VIEWED ON C-SPAN...... Go to: c-span.org then select Columbia Flight Deck Video. I watched a portion of the recovered tape today on C-SPAN that was recorded on the Columbia during re-entry Feb. 1. The "plasma" could be seen thru the windows, just small bursts of orange-yellow at first, then increased to a brighter and more constant glow. The crew was just doing routine stuff getting ready for re-entry, putting on gloves, etc. The tape ended before any of the trouble began. Borealis