[AP SCOOP] Space Shuttle Columbia Will Be Visible In San Francisco Area (6AM Pacific)

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[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the nomination! };^D)

[Tunehead54]

I visited some of those threads ... I note a number of deletions and even some posts "out of order" - DU is trying to re-write its legacy - the stuff I read on Saturday made me sick.

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Excuse me ...barf!

[Gracey]

Thanks. It's our President Bush that needs the prayers, with so much on his plate these days, Iraq, North Korea and now the Space Shuttle.

[leadpenny]

Thanks for that graphic McGruff. I have not seen anything like it. This is another example of what you have contributed to this thread.

[McGruff]

Check the map linked by Dr. Eckleburg, it's more detailed but quite large.

The flight path is even more important now that they believe debris may have fallen as far back as California.

[Gsam4]

The Green Hills of Earth

Let the sweet fresh breezes heal me
As they rove around the girth
Of our lovely mother planet
Of the cool, green hills of Earth.

We rot in the moulds of Venus,
We retch at her tainted breath.
Foul are her flooded jungles,
Crawling with unclean death.

[ --- the harsh bright soil of Luna ---
--- Saturn's rainbow rings ---
--- the frozen night of Titan --- ]

We've tried each spinning space mote
And reckoned its true worth:
Take us back again to the homes of men
On the cool, green hills of Earth.

The arching sky is calling
Spacemen back to their trade.
ALL HANDS! STAND BY! FREE FALLING!
And the lights below us fade.

Out ride the sons of Terra,
Far drives the thundering jet,
Up leaps a race of Earthmen,
Out, far, and onward yet ---

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

Robert A. Heinlein (circa 1954)

[wrcfanintx]

Pardon my ignorance, but what's DU? Another message board?

Also, last night on their 10:00 newscast, WFAA-TV (Dallas) showed some "exclusive" video, shot by two kids in Arizona, at Wupatki National Monument, at 6:53am local AZ time. Their amazement at the shuttle flying over quickly changed as they saw another light trailing behind it, apparently something coming off of the orbiter. The video, which also mentions still photos taken in CA, is on their site, here (requires RealPlayer or RealOne Player):

http://www.wfaa.com/watchvideo/index.jsp?SID=3683978

[Calpernia]

Wanted to add this URL to the thread.

http://www.debsfunpages.com/shuttle.htm

[leadpenny]

Thank you very much for the information and links. Welcome to Free Republic to both of you.

[Calpernia]

You guys did a great job covering the incident. nice information on this board. thank you to all of you.

[44magnum]

The Iraqis are just jealous. The closest they will ever get to space travel is when their vaporized ashes reach the stratosphere riding the top of a mushroom cloud.

[Calpernia]

That was funny. I wish this message board had a recommend feature.

[Calpernia]

Unbelievable:

http://www.aljazeera.net/Cartoons/index.asp?cu_NO=1&Temp_id=197

[McGruff]

Pardon my ignorance, but what's DU? Another message board?

Yes DU is an abbreviation for another message board that is the democrat's version of this board.

Our founder doesn't like us to publicize it, but you might find links to it in some of our posts. Be aware they use a lot of foul language over there.

[TLBSHOW]

bump to a truth thread

[MikeFromBelgium]

I just found about your thread reading through news posted on Internet.

It is really breathless to read through the begining and then...

It is surely going to become a piece of history.

Seen from here, this accident gives the impression that the whole NASA space program is going to be shaken. For many reasons.

[Tunehead54]

Sorry for the delayed response - DU = www.democratunderground.com - a LIBERAL ripoff of FR with hate and bile spilling over like you cannot believe. Oh, and the language is not "family friendly". FYI - Jim & John Rob prefer posts from that site be avoided - I believe.

[WomanofStandard]

Me, too. I have a Mysterious Charismatic Intuition that God is going to do a mighty work because of this tragedy ... just don't know what it is yet!

Usually my MCI's are about babies, so I'll be interested to see how it works out in global events.

Whenever God starts up something new it's a "birthing" of that thing so your MCI is still on target!

[Black Agnes]

Maybe this was when the shuttle first got 'low' enough for hte military sats to get a good pic?

Hmmmm....

[Black Agnes]

Argh, darnit. I should proof a bit more.