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[AP SCOOP] Space Shuttle Columbia Will Be Visible In San Francisco Area (6AM Pacific)
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Posted on 02/01/2003 5:38:08 AM PST by leadpenny
Space Shuttle Columbia is in a decent for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will pass over the San Francisco Area around 6:00 AM Pacific Time. Route will take the Shuttle over Las Vegas, Flagstaff, etc. NASA has still not decided which runway will be used. Landing will be at 9:16 AM Eastern.
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Heads up on the Left Coast.
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:38:08 AM PST
by
leadpenny
Actually, I believe the Shuttle will cross the California coast a little before 6 Pacific.
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:39:58 AM PST
by
leadpenny
I'm watching on NASA TV but I believe you can also watch at nasa.gov
Just north of Hawaii now
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:42:14 AM PST
by
leadpenny
To: leadpenny
As I write this, the Shuttle should be re-entering the atmosphere of the planet "Earth."
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:42:30 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
('Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens')
To: SamAdams76
We can only hope.
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:44:36 AM PST
by
leadpenny
To: SamAdams76
You were right on - on that call.
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:46:35 AM PST
by
leadpenny
5:51-5:55 will be the times visible over San Francisco area.
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:48:32 AM PST
by
leadpenny
To: leadpenny
This sucker might still be glowing as it passes the cost?
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:49:57 AM PST
by
leadpenny
To: leadpenny
I am up and in vegas. Sounds like I better put some shorts and a t-shirt on and go outside to watch.
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:53:10 AM PST
by
winodog
To: winodog
Just a few minutes away from you.
To: winodog
45 miles overhead just to the north of you.
To: leadpenny
Supposed to be passing by around 8:03 here in Dallas.
Getting ready to check it out.
To: winodog
Wicked!!!! I was just in time to see it streak across leaving a white trail.
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posted on
02/01/2003 5:57:29 AM PST
by
winodog
To: ken in texas
Hope you have clear skies.
To: winodog
Was it glowing at all?
To: leadpenny
It came from just north just like you said. I was out looking already. As soon as I read the time it hits SF and touchdown time I knew I better hurry up.
That is on the list of cooler things I have ever seen.
thanks!
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:00:44 AM PST
by
winodog
15 minutes to touchdown. Heads up north of New Orleans.
To: leadpenny
It wasnt a glow that spread back like a comet but it must have been "on fire" because it was bright and big.
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:03:35 AM PST
by
winodog
To: winodog
Back in 68 or 69 I stepped out of my BOQ room at Ft. Rucker Alabama just in time to see an orange ball cross from west to east over the Gulf of Mexico. A few minutes later the capsule splashed down in the Atlantic. Glad you got to see this one.
To: leadpenny
Perfectly clear... what a sight!!!!!
little commo problem right now.
Still no UHF commo. They gotta have back up.
Seven minutes to touchdown.
To: leadpenny
Dang. Found this article at 6:03!
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:10:41 AM PST
by
Riley
No commo for the last 11 minutes. Five minutes to touchdown
To: Riley
Sorry.
Don't know if anyone is watching NASA TV but it is awfully quiet.
By now there would have been cameras on the Shuttle.
Don't know about the controllers but my pulse is going up.
They are still seeking traking data. Going to contingency procedures.
To: leadpenny
Contingency procedures.
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:15:23 AM PST
by
don-o
To: All
folks we are at touchdown. Something is wrong.
To: leadpenny
An unsettling quiet. I hope all is well.
To: leadpenny
What is going on?
To: leadpenny
Hope they find them soon.
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:16:24 AM PST
by
nicepaco
To: leadpenny
No radar track either. Hope everything is alright and this is only a technical SNAFU. Should be visible from the Cape by now.
To: leadpenny
Everyone, check the networks.
To: ken in texas
this really happened: got to this thread, clicked on browser to get nasa tv, heard sonic BOOM, fort worth(just after 8am), run outside, MASSIVE contrail leading right into the eastern sun.......awesome!
saw it once before a couple of years ago, didnt know what it was! 15 minutes later, saw it land in fla. (on tv), then i knew what it was!
To: leadpenny
I did not have any idea...I hope everything turns out okay.
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:19:40 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
('Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens')
It should already be down. Nothing!
To: leadpenny
Folks, I'm fear the worst has happened.
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:20:30 AM PST
by
don-o
The Columbia was making four drastic turns over the western US to dissapate speed. That's the last they heard from it.
To: leadpenny
Anything on TV, besides NASA TV?
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:24:45 AM PST
by
don-o
To: leadpenny
This is scary!
I was monitoring your thread when MSNBC started having someone on who was saying "We should have seen it by now". "It should be here by now".
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:24:45 AM PST
by
McGruff
( "The course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others.")
To: McGruff
Prayers going out. Hope they arent too late.
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:26:38 AM PST
by
My back yard
(Tag, you're it.)
To: McGruff
They should have had cameras on it about 10 minutes out. I fear the worst.
To: My back yard
prayers
To: leadpenny
Unconfirmed reports of debris discovered in Texas. Looks as though the Shuttle has been lost. God Bless the crew.
To: leadpenny
CNN showing video of it breaking up over Dallas! It's gone!
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posted on
02/01/2003 6:29:42 AM PST
by
McGruff
( "The course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others.")
To: ken in texas
You may have been the last to see the Columbia.
To: McGruff
Check out post 20
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