Thursday, March 10, 2011

Apropos o' Yesterday's Post...

...where I said "No one talks about it much, but after the Columbia disaster I'm thinkin' we ALL hold our collective breath when the shuttle comes home."


 I scare myself sometimes.    

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6 comments:

  1. Dale10 March, 2011 11:05

    Very true!

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  2. Anonymous10 March, 2011 11:15

    I was watching live the launch of the Challenger. I hold my breath at manned shuttle launches...and returns.

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  3. Kris, in New England10 March, 2011 13:26

    Beautiful. And likely pretty true too.

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  4. Buck10 March, 2011 13:45

    Dale and Kris: One must never discount the supernatural.

    Red: You and me BOTH. Just in passing... I was awakened by the Columbia explosion which sounded like the loudest sonic boom you've EVER heard. Or a bomb going off a half-mile away. Columbia disintegrated not far from where I live... over Texas.

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  5. Reese10 March, 2011 21:11

    Red Hamster,

    I saw it live too, watching in berthing on USS California. Took a while to realize what just happened. Dang.

    Buck,

    Didn't hear a boom, but was watching local news/weather (Byron Morton or maybe it was Mark Ronchetti if you get the ABQ feed) on a Saturday or Sunday morning. The guy said that *this* was the moment Columbia was passing over New Mexico. A few minutes later they reported the sad news.

    I have a screencap of the WX radar that shows her remnants in the atmosphere. Will try to send.

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  6. Buck10 March, 2011 22:55

    That screencap would be cool, Bob. I'm pretty sure it was a Sunday morning, now that I think about it.

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