Colombia

[Anathema]

It's really sad, also for the Iraelians who wanted to welcome back their astronaut as a hero when he would return.

This is the 2nd shuttle that blew up.

The second American shuttle yes, but Russia lost at least one I know of, the October.

[Terror]

yeah, but that ain't a space shuttle.

and yes, the Columbia was the first Space Shuttle, however it's life expectancy was 4 times higher as it was now.... so around 80 years.

and like i said, it probably caused by the collison with its own fuel tanks, and with the return on earth when it became REALLY hot, the shuttle blew up

[Anathema]

I thought it was a space shuttle, but either way it doesn't make it any less tragic.

[Andrew]

but isnt it odd how the other two nasa accidents happened on somewhere between jan 26-29 and this happened on jan 1?they have bad luck this time of year.

[Dude_Doc]

Here is a scary link:

http://www.solutionvii.com/FloridaLanding.html

This is an article, written 30 minutes before Columbia blew up. Apparently, the story was already finished of the landing. Now, this is very strange!

[stilgar]

with all the speculation going on, its hard not to point fingers at who and or why this happend :O

[Terror]

well, i'm pretty sure it was an accident

[stilgar]

i agree that it was an accident