Space Shuttle burns up

by **It's Me** » Feb 3, 2003 @ 4:23am

The New York times has a real nice Flash presentation on various information, including weather sattelite picture on the debris path. (free registration required bla bla bla...)

Correction: Columbia is capable to reach ISS, but it has to use the ultralight external tank, etc. THis mission is a regular science mission so it uses the old lightweight tank. They definitely don't have enough fuel to chase the ISS and climb into different orbit.

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The floating theory:

As of now It seems the tiles is just peeling off and the left wing burnt then rip, finally the shuttle just torn apart.

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by **Warren** » Feb 4, 2003 @ 3:11am

An escape pod would be good, but yeah, it wouldn't be like in a movie, it would have to be of quite a big size, and that's convenient at all for the Shuttle. Plus the cost of it...NASA is strapped down as it is.

by **Guest** » Feb 4, 2003 @ 4:34am

Some interesting theory, of possible deployment of the left landing gear, causing cascade of events leading to catastrophic end.

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl= ... com&rnum=5

by **RICoder** » Feb 4, 2003 @ 5:51am

by **James S** » Feb 4, 2003 @ 6:00am

by **David Horn** » Feb 4, 2003 @ 1:50pm

by **Cameron** » Feb 4, 2003 @ 2:00pm

Space Shuttle burns up

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