[Arkinsaw]

None of our business she said. I bet a court is going to say otherwise. For her attitude I hope she is the case they make an example of. $250,000 and jail time.

[mykdsmom]

E-Bay is jammed with Columbia memorabilia right now. Some of the coins etc are fetching over 1K.

MKM

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Some people may find shuttle parts for years to come. Forests, meadows, vacant lots, and pig troughs in several states may contain millions of parts. It's not like everything fell in a small area.

[InvisibleChurch]

wait until the law suits start rolling in regarding people getting 'sick' from touching these parts... libs will start to howl about what kind of experiments are going on in space that result in items being too 'poisoned' to touch

[Atlas Sneezed]

I do find the claims of "hazard" to be a bit dubious. What material (other than redioactives) retains hazardous properties after being seared through re-entry? Certainly not rocket fuel.

[martin_fierro]

What kind of inbred Jerry Springer trailer trash would steal Columbia crash debris?

Oh. Never mind.

[MadIvan]

Not a good idea to collect those parts anyway - God knows what they could be soaked in.

Regards, Ivan

[LibKill]

Ghouls are scum.

No one should profit from this disaster.

[brityank]

... people should also be aware that it is a federal offense to “knowingly and without authority remove, conceal or withhold a part of the civil aircraft involved in an accident or property on the aircraft at the time of the accident ...”

I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV -- but pray tell, which civil aviation group owns the Shuttle fleet? If your going to bring charges, it had better be "theft of government property"!

[petuniasevan]

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