Added on Tuesday 30 December 2008 14:13:38
by AssociatedPress
1231788 Views
4.1 / 5
340 rates
A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to 'lethal trauma' as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. (Dec. 30)
I watched man land on the Moon as a little boy. My dad worked on the Apollo stuff as well as Skylab and I have built things that have went to space. It hurts me that people post the things that they do. They have no idea of what it takes. These fine people died and they poke fun, how sad. They are with God now, still flying high. R.I.P you guys.
Here's to the anti-human environmentalist hippies who forced our flagship spacecraft to use inferior "green" insulation! Fuck you all very much, murderers!
@GunBroker100 Actually, I think the problem is we don't have the technology. It takes months to get a vehicle to Mars, that presents all types of problems for manned vehicles. Couple that with the fact that unmanned vehicles, Earth bound sensors, or orbital probes like Hubble can get nearly the same amount of info for 10 times cheaper or more without the risk of human death as in Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 1 etc.
@clintonearlwalker Yeah, me too. But I remember by this time everyone was supposed to have flying cars too. Now, it's time to construct a ship in orbit that can be used for exploring the solar system. "We have the technology", to borrow from an old T.V. show. As much money as politicians waste on completely stupid stuff, you'd think they could figure out space is still important. It's time to return to the moon and beyond.
@GunBroker100 I think the reason the shuttle program was canceled was simply because of money. I remember when these things were on the "drawing board" back in about 1968. NASA said space travel would become commonplace, and these things would become cost effective by launching satellites etc. They never became cost effective and they have now become obsolete. The amount of science they can gather is already known and orbital space flight is no longer necessary.
@amgen52 Given the variables and conditions under which these craft were launched, I'm honestly amazed there weren't more problems. Even the tried and true airliner has problems and crashes, so with it's safety record, the shuttle is a marvel. cancelling the shuttle was, in my view, a huge mistake. A decision come to by short sighted and lesser politicians. Which I could do happily without. The sooner our space program is back on track, the better.
I am witness of Jesus Christ.I saw this in a dream 2 weeks b4 it happened. I told my brother in law that i had a weird dream . i was in a neighborhood with single family homes it was night and i was standing outside,all of the sudden the space shuttle appeared it had these beautiful colors on the bottom and it they seemed very peaceful as it kept going it finally was out of my view and then i heard an explosion i said to my self it blew up then i woke up.2 weeks later in happened.I failed :(
@GunBroker100 Agree with you. Aircraft have flowm millions of flights. They have worked out the kinks. Space flight is a thousand times more demanding and only a few hundred have been launched worldwide. Its costly and right on the edge of physics and what man can do. After a few thousand more flights, it will be old hat....
@amgen52 It probably wasn't but one of the other posters then. I commented about people freaking out when bad things happen like Columbia. And pointed out this was nothing like boarding an airliner, that it was a very hazardous proposition, and bad things happen sometimes. Man, you'd of thought a liked their dog or something. I still consider the shuttle one of man kinds greatest achievements, along with Hubble & the SR-71, both ended by much lesser politicians. But just me, I guess.
@GunBroker100 Thats funny. I dont know if I read your original assertion. But every rocket launch is dangerous & hazardous. There will be many more accidents over the years to come by govts. & private companies. The fact that the shuttle carried 7 crewman normally made the death toll high. If Nasa had a blank check to design the shuttle, I'm sure it would have turned out different. The design was dictated by politicians with a budget, the Air Force, DOD etc.
@amgen52 So, we come back, at last, to my original assertion. It remained until the last flight an experimental and hazardous means of transport. And a serious problem will mean the death of the astronauts. All that to get back were we started.
@abarai2007 - God exists and one day you will learn that. You will not get to meet Him, since you deny heaven, but you'll know he exists and that you messed up BIGTIME, since God permits no u-turns after one dies. Outside the Catholic Church, there is no salvation- Dogmatic definition of many Popes as well as affirmed by hundreds of Saints and Apparitions.
@sammy2trees - God allows men to have free will. If you jump off tall cliff, or fall from an airplane you will die. There is always some risk in flying and in space travel that risk is higher. If the Pentagon has 1200 security cameras watching every hallway and driveway why couldn't these engineers have implanted some cameras to monitor the exterior of the craft. This accident did not have to happen.
@GunBroker100 Yes, the crew can separate the SRB's or the orbiter from the tank manually if req. In a controlled abort. The ejection system consist of giving each of them a parachute and an escape pole attached to the middeck ceiling.The hatch is blown, the pole is extended (by spring) and they hook them selves to the pole and jump. The poles purpose is to throw them clear of the delta wing. This all has to be done at level controlled flight.
@amgen52 Yeah, you know, the main liquid hydrogen fuel tank the orbiter and SRB's are attached to? So you must work for NASA, the JPL or one of the myriad contractors. Congrats. But the fact remains in the event of an emergency, and provided they have the time, they can release the shuttle from the assembly. No matter what label you stick on it. They also have an ejection system as I understand it. But hey, you're apparently a rocket scientist. I'm sure you'll correct me, if I'm wrong.
Français
