Terrible news

[hmsram]

I could just cry this is terrible

We all need to pray for them

[mayfly]

This is so tragic

[Mouse7088]

OMG...I didn't have the TV or any radios on so I didn't know about this until I read this post. How horrible!!!!!!! I feel so badly for the families...<sigh>

[mayfly]

there are so many tragedies our president has had to deal with

((((((((((((Big hug DoD people)))))))))))))))))))))

[hrdlife1]

chris told me when i woke up this morning...it is just too sad for words....

[cujo0123]

I just found out at 1pm this afternoon. I am just finding out information. Please post anything new you hear. Thanks.

This is really sad. I hope good will eventually come from this.

[KimmySue]

I am not a sick individual, but I went to ebay and there was already one auction for Columbia Shuttle debris. Ebay had already pulled it, but I was afraid people would start picking up those pieces and try to sell them.

Don't flame me for looking.....I was just curious to see how many auctions there would be. I wasn't going to buy anything....honest.


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[verwon]

Andy was watching the newstation tracking the landing when they lost the radar blip and he fell back to sleep with the TV on so I woke up to the announcement of what happened and woke him up as well to watch the news. What a horrible way to wake up.

They just showed a smoking crater on the ground from the shuttle on Fox News, it is confirmed from the shuttle and they have said no one could possible have survived it.

[FreebieHunter]

woke up this morning and saw the news on msn - was about 10 am eastern. I never thought I'd be able to say that 2 shuttles had exploded in my lifetime. I still remember vividly challenger. My heart just hurts for all the people.
Last I heard is the theory is something happened with the left wing - although - that seems to be very preliminary. there's nothing we can do except pray and remember - but it's soo hard sometimes not to be sooo sad when things like this occur. Risk is always part of their jobs, and from the things I've heard from past and current NASA employees is that this won't stop them from wanting to go up again.
I truely hope this doesn't set our space program back again. In the meantime, the world will wait and morn for those lost once again in the quest for exploration and discovery.


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[mrbowler]

Originally posted by KimmySue
I am not a sick individual, but I went to ebay and there was already one auction for Columbia Shuttle debris. Ebay had already pulled it, but I was afraid people would start picking up those pieces and try to sell them.

Don't flame me for looking.....I was just curious to see how many auctions there would be. I wasn't going to buy anything....honest.

Yep-always someone looking to make a buck. I would get the
username etc. and let Ebay/NASA aware-so that they can hunt
down individual. Also get license plate-etc. of anyone in debris
area that is picking debris-each tile has a unique identifier so
that they know exactly where it was located on shuttle.

TIA


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Bush to families: 'Entire nation grieves with you'
Saturday, February 1, 2003 Posted: 5:37 PM EST (2237 GMT)

My fellow Americans, this day has brought terrible news and great sadness to our country. At 9 o'clock this morning, Mission Control in Houston lost contact with our space shuttle Columbia. A short time later, debris was seen falling from the skies above Texas.

The Columbia's lost. There are no survivors.

Onboard was a crew of seven -- Colonel Rick Husband, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Anderson, Commander Laurel Clark, Captain David Brown, Commander William McCool, Dr. Kalpana Chawla, and Ilan Ramon a colonel in the Israeli air force.

These men and women assumed great risk in this service to all humanity. In an age when space flight has come to seem almost routine, it is easy to overlook the dangers of travel by rocket and the difficulties of navigating the fierce outer atmosphere of the earth.

These astronauts knew the dangers, and they faced them willingly, knowing they had a high and noble purpose in life. Because of their courage and daring and idealism, we will miss them all the more.

All Americans today are thinking, as well, of the families of these men and women who have been given this sudden shock and grief. You're not alone. Our entire nation grieves with you. And those you loved will always have the respect and gratitude of this country.

The cause in which they died will continue. Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on.

In the skies today, we saw destruction and tragedy. Yet farther than we can see, there is comfort and hope.

In the words of the prophet Isaiah, "Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts one by one and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing."

The same creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth, yet we can pray that all are safely home.

May God bless the grieving families, and may God continue to bless America.


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Originally posted by KimmySue
I am not a sick individual, but I went to ebay and there was already one auction for Columbia Shuttle debris. Ebay had already pulled it, but I was afraid people would start picking up those pieces and try to sell them.

Don't flame me for looking.....I was just curious to see how many auctions there would be. I wasn't going to buy anything....honest.

KimmySue, stop beating yourself up for looking. Peter Jennings announced it on ABC News this afternoon that there was an auction on eBay and that eBay had pulled it. I went to look, too, because I wanted to see.......HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE AN ITEM LIKE THIS?????? Ugh. That is just disgusting.


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[AngelswDirtyFaces]

Very sad for the families.

My brother was in florida when the
space shuttle Columbia took off.(we're from California)
He made a special trip to the space center
just, to watch the shuttle take off & took pictures.
( we just looked at the photos last weekend)

( he would never in a billion years, ie: sell the photos
on EBay, etc.. to make a profit off of such a sad event.)
Instead, he said he's going to make a mermorial,
to honor those lives on the Space Shuttle Columbia.


(Thank you Naomi for sharing Bush's speech.)
Incredible, touching words.


((Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing." }}


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[NaomiMarie]

Originally posted by AngelswDirtyFaces
Very sad for the families.

My brother was in florida when the
space shuttle Columbia took off.(we're from California)
He made a special trip to the space center
just, to watch the shuttle take off & took pictures.
( we just looked at the photos last weekend)

( he would never in a billion years, ie: sell the photos
on EBay, etc.. to make a profit off of such a sad event.)
Instead, he said he's going to make a mermorial,
to honor those lives on the Space Shuttle Columbia.


(Thank you Naomi for sharing Bush's speech.)
Incredible, touching words.


((Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing." }}


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You're welcome

Unfortunately, I missed the President speak. I wasn't home at the time.
Nice speech though, VERY heartfelt!
That's something about your brother.....kinda eery in a way. Talk about a lil piece of history

[mayfly]

Yes, thank you so much for copying that speech Naomi. We missed it also. It was beautiful.