Space Shuttle ~ MIA

[demon chloe]

Space Shuttle Info

soo sad.....

Science mission
Columbia's crew -- Ramon and six Americans -- completed all of their 80-plus experiments in orbit.

They studied ant, bee and spider behavior in weightlessness as well as changes in flames and flower scents, and took measurements of atmospheric dust with a pair of Israeli cameras.

The 13 lab rats on board -- part of a brain and heart study -- faced the guillotine following the flight so researchers could see up-close the effects of so much time in weightlessness.

The insects and other animals had a brighter, longer future: the student experimenters were going to get them back and many of the youngsters planned to keep them, almost like pets.

All of the scientific objectives were accomplished during the round-the-clock laboratory mission, and some of the work may be continued aboard the international space station, researchers said

[TastinGood]

Does anyone feel sorry for the rats? Why or why not? Rats are living creatures yet if the shuttle had not blown up, I doubt there would be many posts of sadness directed towards the rats.

Sure they may be annoying little fuckers, but arent they living creatures too?

I wonder if they will be included in all of the soon to be held memorials for the 'victims'.

These rats died for our country.

They faced death, regardless.

Heroes.

[TastinGood]

Just curious, did anyone give a rats ass (no pun intended) when these 7 Palestinians were killed?

Link

Bah!

No one cares....

Here just look at this cop eating a big mac in the parking lot across the street and go about your day!

[SHATOUSHKA]

when dc posted this thread hours ago, it was the
first i had heard of the issue.... and i decided
to collect my thoughts prior to posting.

upon returning to HB i saw 1quickSI make a post
in the admin forum about it... and i posted half
my comments there... and saved half for my return
here.

when the challenger exploded... it was truly
collosal. i completely remember it.
the challenger was different because the shuttle
had yet to leave earth's atmosphere... and
with that, the immense vaporous explosion
chilled me because of the large amount of fuel
on the craft.

this new tragedy is different because the incedent
occured upon reentry... which spirals a whole new
meaning to fear. where in the first example, all
of space and travel awaited... new boundries
were being traversed and naturally doubts laced
with fear are common.

however, the event that occured today was much
more intimidating... in that the passengers had
already experienced the pre-space fear, the
new horizon boundries... and surely were just
beginning to relax as the golden morning appeared
on the nose of their craft.

at 200,000 feet in the air... so close to home...
so close to the future of education and progression,
these people saddle a fear that is much more intense.

all in all... one must be left to wonder....

with all the bazillions and bazillions of WORLDLY
dollars being pumped into space exploration/inhabitation,
WTF didn't anyone consider parachutes???? ....
ejector seats???? ....anything???? [img]mad.gif[/img]

[Tard]

What's next? Just waiting for a micrometeor to puncture the hull & let the air bleed away. I think that'll be the next big space disaster, dead astronauts adrift in orbit, and NASA'll have to send up a recovery team (considering there's a power failure & the shuttle can't be remotely piloted back). How long do you think it would take NASA to organize a recovery mission in orbit?

I caught the news around 8:30 this morning, when the Challenger was only like 15-minutes overdue & nobody realized yet that it had burned up. A New York news radio station was actually cracking jokes about the shuttle burning up until they realized it actually HAD! D'OH!! I wonder if any of them got fired? [img]wink.gif[/img]

[SmokinLizzies]

I'm not very original, so I'm just gonna make the same post of this everywhere [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

I'm a big fan of the Space Shuttle Program. However, these ships are getting old. Columbia was NASA's oldest shuttle and first flew in 1981. When it's all said and done, I'm willing to bet this was caused by a faulty part.
Sept. 29, 1988 the Challenger's crew also had a similer fate. The USA did not send a man into space for 3 years after that... With the current work on the Space station. I really hope they don't take another 3 years to look at this problem.

I feel bad for the crew of Columbia (STS-75). But, please don't have there lifes lost in vain.

The fate of the International Space Station, a $95 billion project nearing the final stages of completion, could hang in the balance after these events.

[SHATOUSHKA]

well i fear that because so much information
Columbia carried is now lost, NASA will have to
make a secondary flight to make up for it...
pushing space station plans further away.

i also agree with you, gary... in that a 20
year old shuttle is shit.

[SmokinLizzies]

I think I'm gonna make a website (more like just a page) of my favorite space photos. Last year I made a space disk, filled the whole damn thing. If you've heard of it, I have a pic of it.
(mostly in "tiff" format too)

This gives me an idea, are there any celestial objects you'd be interested in seeing?

Apollo Project - Earth, The Moon
Clementine (DSPSE) - Earth, The Moon
Comets (Images From Many Sources)
Galileo Orbiter - Asteroids, Earth, Jupiter, Venus
Hubble Space Telescope - Galaxies, Nebulae, Solar System, Stars
Magellan Mission - Venus
Mariner 10 - Mercury
Mars Global Surveyor - Mars
Pioneer Venus Orbiter - Venus
Soviet Venera 13 Lander - Venus
Space Shuttle Program - Earth
Viking Project - Mars
Voyager Project - Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus

[SHATOUSHKA]

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now that you mention it.... yes.

an event horizon

best wishes

[Hannibal]

Gary, this doesn't hurt your "gayness"
that your projecting ever so solidly.
I'd also have something I'd like to see though...
the other side of a black hole [img]wink.gif[/img]
good luck!