Columbia

ussshorty · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 1:00 pm Columbia**

we cant go back and change things but we can pray for their families and they died looking at the stars and acheiving one of the greatest things being in space and if we could go back and change the past im sure we would change alot of things.

Captain Jayson Day · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:10 pm**

A great man once said that exploring the final fontier would bring us joy and happyess, but would also bring us to tears for the people that would lose there lifes in this endevor. Heors are remember, but legends never die, only your Heart can, these people were Legends

tom-paris-voyager · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:13 pm**

I was watching the news and it was saying something about the shuttle, that its wing had a big dent init, and something else about when it was starting re-entry that they knew something was going to happen..

Captain Jayson Day · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:23 pm**

a piece of insalation from the booster did minor damage so they say to the wing, but also massive pressure build up around the wheels

Abby diann · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:54 pm**

they found the nose of the shuttleand a guy called inand said that he has a wing in the back of his house in a tree and it was on the news. ( i am from texas and i saw it)

Captain Jayson Day · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 7:09 pm**

wow, i guess this is big for u guys down there.(I'm from Ontario Canada)

Captain Leah Manzer · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 8:54 pm**

yeh mee too... it wasnt that big of a thing until i got this email from Nasa (I'm on the mailing list):
Feb. 4, 2003: At the dawn of the space age some 40 years ago, we always
knew who was orbiting Earth or flying to the Moon. Neil Armstrong, Yuri
Gagarin, John Glenn. They were household names--everywhere.

Lately it�s different. Space flight has become more �routine.� Another
flight of the shuttle. Another visit to the space station. Who�s onboard
this time? Unless you�re a NASA employee or a serious space enthusiast,
you might not know.

Dave Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson,
William McCool, and Ilan Ramon

Now we know. Those are the names of the seven astronauts who were
tragically lost on Saturday, Feb. 1st, when the space shuttle Columbia
(STS-107) broke apart over Texas.

Before the accident, perhaps, they were strangers to you. But if that's
so, why did you have a knot in your gut when you heard the news? What were
those tears all about? Why do you feel so deep-down sad for seven
strangers?

Astronauts have an unaccountable hold on us. They are explorers. Curious,
humorous, serious, daring, careful. Where they go, they go in peace. Every
kid wants to be one. Astronauts are the essence of humanity.

They are not strangers. They are us.

While still in orbit Dave Brown asked, jokingly, �do we really have to
come back?�

No. But we wish you had.

The Science@NASA team, as does all of NASA and the world, extends
heartfelt sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of the STS-107
crew. Please see the NASA Home Page (http://www.nasa.gov) for more
information on the Columbia Investigation.

-- Tony Phillips, Ron Koczor, Bryan Walls, Becky Bray, Patrick Meyer.

@Chuckles · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:04 pm**

I break down whenever this type of thing happens...it's just very sad

Captain Jayson Day · **Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:43 pm**

me too, i think we all do

Lindley · **Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:35 pm**

Strangely enough, I feel very little. I *should* feel something, but I don't. Odd.

Pah-Wraith · **Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:51 pm**

Oh well at least you haven't been spreading the NASA joke in your posts

Captain Jayson Day · **Thu Feb 06, 2003 6:13 pm**

my mom told me some, it mad me really mad an i almost hurt her

ussshorty · **Fri Feb 07, 2003 3:44 pm**

Link, the Hero of Time · **Sat Feb 08, 2003 11:41 am**

^ I agree. it's a tragedy that things like this happen. But it seems to be a risk people want to take. The thought of going into space, the risk factor just doesn't enter in to it in people's minds.

Think about it.

voyagerlr · **Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:42 am**

may each of them rest in peace!

ussshorty · **Sun Feb 09, 2003 1:04 pm**

ive got to admit NASA facinates me and i would love to go up in space and do some scientific exploring and id gladly die getting answers about space but still the question is did those innocent lives really deserve to be taken.

Captain Leah Manzer · **Sun Feb 09, 2003 1:58 pm**

i agree... I am accually persuing a career in Astronomy, that or Cooking. But I would go up there and I do know all the risks. It is so sad that they did die because this trip was such a internation one. Researching for the good of Earth instead of an induvidual country

ussshorty · **Wed Feb 12, 2003 12:42 pm**

they found the wing of the shuttlecraft they said it could hold vital evidence to why the shuttle blew up fingers crossed everyone.

and leah astrmomny would be alot more intresting than cooking so u go 4 it girl.

Los · **Wed Feb 12, 2003 1:23 pm**

I think the Enterprise theme song would fit here...

I get teary eyed thinking about those people who fulfilled a dream that millions upon millions hold a candle to.

God bless.

Captain Dappet · **Wed Feb 12, 2003 2:17 pm**

ussshorty · **Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:38 pm**

well at least they died fufilling their dreams.

chakotay1 · **Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:39 pm**

i feel sad fior them dieing but right now im more worried about being killed by another country

ussshorty · **Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:44 pm**

when youre talkin about another country do u mean iraq?

Theresa · **Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:51 pm**

Please stay on topic.

chakotay1 · **Sun Feb 16, 2003 3:19 pm**

understood we will for now on thanxs for the warning