***Space Shuttle Tragedy***

dakotamouse · Post by **dakotamouse** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 11:17 am

It's hard to put into words..............

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 11:26 am

I too add my condolances.

There was an interesting story on MSNBC just now about just how international this flight was: not only was an Israeli on board, but an American woman born and raised in India.

Perhaps now NASA will heed the warnings of the great physicist Richard Feynman who wrote, after the Challenger disaster, that the Shuttle was obsolete and dangerous in the 1980s.

Stuart

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 11:30 am

That's terrible!

Roger O'Keeffe · Post by **Roger O'Keeffe** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:05 pm

Very sad.

It's also a pity that CNN in its zeal to keep stoking up the "breaking news" atmosphere is giving airtime to doo-lally National Enquirer-style theories about terrorism; on the basis that there's a town called Palestine somewhere in Texas. They should just let the unfortunate victims rest in peace and treat their bereaved families with a little more respect.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:22 pm

My first thought on seeing this this morning was "Oh God no...not again!" It still seems like yesterday that we lost the Challenger astronauts.

My heart and prayers are with the families who expected to be embracing their loved ones by now, and who now must face a lifetime without them

Redwolf

Kim in Tulsa · Post by **Kim in Tulsa** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:27 pm

<i>"We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth."</i>

Robert Heinlein "The Green Hills of Earth"

K

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:27 pm

Yeah, Redwolf. It's impossible to imagine what they are going through... No words could describe it.

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:29 pm

Let us pray and play for the souls who soared so high.

Philo

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:34 pm

No words I know can express the grief I feel, let alone that which their families are enduring. All I can possibly offer, in addition to my prayers, is Amazing Grace on my favorite whistle.

~Larry

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:41 pm

I was on a field trip to Howe Caverns when the Challenger exploded. My entire 5th grade class came up from the cave to watch the film of the event. It was awful, and so is this.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:50 pm

Wisest thing to do now: turn off the radio and tv coverage of this for at least 24 hours. Otherwise, you'll be subjected to every weird speculation, falsehood and bs that the media types can dream up.

After about a day or so, there will be an working explanation hopefully.

Nobody needs that rollercoaster and the relations of those lost need peace and sympathy, not a microphone stuck in their face and questions about "how they feel".

I am sad for those lost.

mmcnew · Post by **mmcnew** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:52 pm

Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
Onward! the sailors cry;
Carry their souls to the stars twink-ling
Over this sea of sky.

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 1:10 pm

<a href="http://www.rit.edu/~eeg6662/cf/Dallas_S ... mp3">There are no words.</a> (1.1 MB)

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Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 1:12 pm

I have been trying to avoid this thread as long as I could; I don't deal well with grief. Prayers said, I will play "The May Morning Dew" for them...and for us all.

N, words fail

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 1:22 pm

Roger, I don't think the CNN sensational coverage has anything to do with the fact that there's debris in Palestine, TX (pronounced Pales-TEEN) . . . it's much easier to lob one of those grenades at the fact that one of the astronauts was in the Israeli Military.

But everyone here has stated that it wasn't a terrorist attach. The shuttle was 200,000+ feet up, traveling at Mach 18.

Stuart