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Feb 24: MSNBC : "crew survived up to a minute "
"James Oberg" wrote in message . .. On Feb 24 (http://www.msnbc.com/news/875772.asp?0dm=T218T) I wrote: "New analysis of the garbled last 32 seconds of radio signals from the space shuttle Columbia has raised the possibility that the crew survived up to a minute after the spaceship began tumbling out of control and breaking up. " This was also described in a Nightly News piece by Bob Hager using my material. This theory was confirmed a few weeks later by the OEX recorder data. It's also a front page story on the NY Times today: excerpt: ARTICLE TOOLS E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Format Most E-Mailed Articles Reprints Single-Page Format TIMES NEWS TRACKER Topics Alerts National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle Accidents and Safety Recording Equipment Crew of Columbia Survived a Minute After Last Signal By JOHN SCHWARTZ and MATTHEW L. WALD he Columbia astronauts lived for almost a minute after their final communication with mission control, well after signs that the craft was in serious trouble, investigators at NASA and the Columbia Accident Investigation Board said yesterday. Investigators are scrutinizing data from an on-board sensor recording system that continued to function far into the breakup of the Columbia for clues about how to improve the survivability of future space vehicles, possibly even the three remaining shuttles. NASA is planning to disclose more information soon about the fate of the crew, drawing from analysis of debris, information on where the debris was found and data from an on-board data recorder, according to people involved in the investigation. While some news reports after the Feb. 1 accident suggested that the astronauts died as soon as the shuttle broke apart, the space agency and the investigation board have been circumspect about any such details. Even in the hangar at the Kennedy Space Center, the debris from the crew cabin is laid out separately in a private area, and officials have promised to not disclose what they characterize as morbid details. Records indicate, though, that the crew capsule would have been severely buffeted, and the crew was aware of sensor readings indicating major problems. Several people say information about the last moments of the shuttle could help save lives in the future. "It's a pretty good container they have the crew in; that's the last part to come apart, just like it was in Challenger," said one investigator with the board, referring to the fatal shuttle accident in January 1986. "It stayed together for a pretty long time." The investigator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, noted that the loss of the Columbia was now viewed as preventable because the damage on liftoff that doomed the shuttle was from a problem that had been previously identified but not corrected, foam falling from the external tank and striking the orbiter. He added, "As we sit there thinking about what they were going through, or what their last thoughts were, it kind of angers you." |
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Feb 24: MSNBC : "crew survived up to a minute "
Were they in a "flat spin," Jim?
-- John Thomas Maxson, Retired Engineer (Aerospace) Author, The Betrayal of Mission 51-L (www.mission51l.com) James Oberg wrote in message . .. On Feb 24 (http://www.msnbc.com/news/875772.asp?0dm=T218T) I wrote: "New analysis of the garbled last 32 seconds of radio signals from the space shuttle Columbia has raised the possibility that the crew survived up to a minute after the spaceship began tumbling out of control and breaking up. " |
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Feb 24: MSNBC : "crew survived up to a minute "
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:16:41 GMT, "James Oberg"
wrote: On Feb 24 (http://www.msnbc.com/news/875772.asp?0dm=T218T) I wrote: "New analysis of the garbled last 32 seconds of radio signals from the space shuttle Columbia has raised the possibility that the crew survived up to a minute after the spaceship began tumbling out of control and breaking up. " This was also described in a Nightly News piece by Bob Hager using my material. This theory was confirmed a few weeks later by the OEX recorder data. ....Which proves once again that John Schwartz just pulled up an old story and recycled it. Gotta drop him a line and point this one out. OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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