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Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2003 7:49 pm**

I was waiting to hear the familiar sonic boom as the shuttle landed this morning about 20 miles from my home. Then my wife told me to come and see what was on TV....

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2003 8:22 pm**

Goblin

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2003 8:28 pm**

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2003 8:44 pm**

My wife heard the "boom" this morning around 8a cst.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2003 8:49 pm**

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2003 8:56 pm**

a sad day for our nation indeed. Our Prayers and condolences to the crews families.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2003 9:15 pm**

Very sad day indeed

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 1:34 am**

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 1:40 am**

Yeah not a good day.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 2:31 am**

I'm simply stunned... This forum thread was the first I heard of this disaster.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 2:44 am**

It takes very brave men and women to be astronauts, may their next assignment be easier.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 3:12 am**

Yes indeed a bad day for us. But, how about the first astronaut from Israel being on board, now not only the first up in space but the first to give his life in space for his country.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 4:07 am**

ummm

speechless

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 4:30 am**

It hits just way too close to home. My pharmacy's literally across the river from launch pads 39A and 39B, which the shuttles take off from...a large part of the local economy is tied to KSC.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 5:03 am**

sad day indeed....thoughts and prayers are with the astronauts and the families.
Huffy

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 6:15 am**

It is too early to tell but it is and has been reported the following:

In Hemphill, near the Louisiana line, hospital employee Mike Gibbs reported finding what appeared to be a charred torso, thigh bone and skull on a rural road near what was believed to be other debris. Billy Smith, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman, confirmed the find. He said authorities had roped off the area and were collecting evidence.

:(

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 6:34 am**

Again.............

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 12:18 pm**

Taps rings loud and clear for the brave explorers of the last frontier. My thoughts are with the families.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 8:48 pm**

Very sad!!

It is way too early but it could be the pieces that fell off when they took off may have something to do with it.

Does anybody know how carefully they checked that before coming back in?

Figmo

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2003 9:43 pm**

As I understand, they didn't. A spacewalk was not permitted, or not asked for, not sure which.

I suspect that it was the cause of it, but we shall have to see.

Goblin

-NASA 1992 Budget $15 Billion
-NASA 2002 Budget $15 Billion (Needed $19 Billion just to stay even with inflation)

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