Space Shuttle's Nose Cone Found Near La (Louisiana, that is)

Associated Press

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[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

self-righteous much?

[VERYProGun]

"Sorry, should had added that they were the nose cone."

Actually, the debris in those photos is thought to be part of the underside of the rear of one of the wings. VPG

[Fzob]

Thanks for the info.

I linked the photos from Yahoo, where they indicated in was part of the nose cone.

[Campion]

It broke up in a re-entry to a landing in America. It was not re-entering over America by chance, fate or the direction of God. It would only have broken up over another country if it was being stolen and landed in another country in which case we would be happy the crew crashed.

But if it had been on course for a landing at Edwards AFB, all of it would have ended up in the Pacific Ocean.

[Cogadh na Sith]

OK, then thank God that they weren't landing at Edwards so that the wreckage wouldn't have been in the Pacific when they crashed.