Shuttle Contact LOST-No Tracking Data During RE-Entry!

Nasa TV | 02/01/03 | GRRRR

[GRRRRR]

Shuttle has NOT been heard from or seen on tracking radar since 0800Hrs CDT. No contact at Merrit Island tracking station, no voice comm...DEVELOPING.

[ewing]

Anything above in the skies in Dallas?

[bonesmccoy]

No, the best we can hope is that they can somehow emerge from the wreckage and get out... but the tumble on the command module could be huge.

I don't know how fast they were going at 200,000 feet.

[GRRRRR]

Here is the pic:

This is a tragedy...

[Velveeta]

Dear Lord, praying hard....praying very hard

[The South Park Republican]

That's all they said...I assume it means the shuttle broke-up.

[MadIvan]

My first thought, regrettably is sabotage.

Regards, Ivan

[snopercod]

if they have been able to get out...

Not possible at 207K feet. Primary radar contact was lost which indicates the orbiter disintegrated.

[Lion's Cub]

OMG, those poor families. Prayers going up.

[WIladyconservative]

Oh noooooo. Our pediatrian went down to watch the launch because one of his friends from Med School was on the Shuttle. I can only imagine what he is going through. Pray hard. Pray reallllly hard.

[rface]

.....

[OReilly]

CNN reporting speed was mach 25 over Dallas and altitude was 207,000

[ewing]

If they were just a few hundred miles south they could have jettisoned in the Gulf of Mexico.

[The South Park Republican]

They're traveling 7 times faster than a bullet shot from a rifle.

[putupon]

PRAYERS! bump :-(

[Peach]

I'm just sick about this; prayers for all.

[glock rocks]

sad ping.

[VadeRetro]

Does anyone know if they give the astronauts parachutes?

At Mach 15 and 200,000 feet, your ship coming apart, no parachute is going to help.

[My back yard]

Prayers to the men or women on board.

[ewing]

Is sabotage even possible at 200,000 feet?