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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_ ... ut_s_diary

Truly amazing that pages of a book survived.

8-)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_astronaut_s_diary

Truly amazing that pages of a book survived.

8-)

Believe it or not, we actually had a chunk of columbia fall on our street when we lived in Dallas (we moved back to austin in late 05).


The police had the yellow tape and all that for a few hours until someone could come to retrieve it.

Just read that and is quite a find.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_astronaut_s_diary

Truly amazing that pages of a book survived.

8-)

Believe it or not, we actually had a chunk of columbia fall on our street when we lived in Dallas (we moved back to austin in late 05).


The police had the yellow tape and all that for a few hours until someone could come to retrieve it.

Wow. You wouldn't happen to know what section of the shuttle it was from, would you?

8-)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_astronaut_s_diary

Truly amazing that pages of a book survived.

8-)

Believe it or not, we actually had a chunk of columbia fall on our street when we lived in Dallas (we moved back to austin in late 05).


The police had the yellow tape and all that for a few hours until someone could come to retrieve it.

Wow. You wouldn't happen to know what section of the shuttle it was from, would you?

8-)

Actually, it was part of the left wing near the fuselage. It wasn't the part that was hit by the foam, though, it was like a conjoined part between the fuselage and the wing, not in the middle of the wing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_astronaut_s_diary

Truly amazing that pages of a book survived.

8-)

Believe it or not, we actually had a chunk of columbia fall on our street when we lived in Dallas (we moved back to austin in late 05).


The police had the yellow tape and all that for a few hours until someone could come to retrieve it.

Wow. You wouldn't happen to know what section of the shuttle it was from, would you?

8-)

Actually, it was part of the left wing near the fuselage. It wasn't the part that was hit by the foam, though, it was like a conjoined part between the fuselage and the wing, not in the middle of the wing.

Wow. I'm glad the shuttle doesn't go over NY on landing. Something like that would really bother me.

8-)

and remember if a shuttle crashes dont touch the remains

and remember if a shuttle crashes dont touch the remains

Why? :-?

and remember if a shuttle crashes dont touch the remains

Why? :-?

Youd be spending money from ebay to fix your burnt hand

Isn't there a ton of radiation as well from certain parts of the shuttle?  I thought I heard something about that back when it crashed...

[quote]Isn't there a ton of radiation as well from certain parts of the shuttle?

Isn't there a ton of radiation as well from certain parts of the shuttle?  I thought I heard something about that back when it crashed...

I think there's a poisonous gas, found this in my FSX SSO manual :

After landing, the vehicle stands on the runway for several minutes to permit the fumes from poisonous
hydrazine, used as propellant for attitude control, to dissipate, and for the shuttle fuselage to cool before the
astronauts disembark.

You don't ever touch anything at an accident or crash scene so as to not disturb "the facts" as to what happened. A single piece of evidence moved from its original position could confuse or hide the facts such that what really happened may forever remain a secret. The identity of the bombers of the flight that crashed on Lockerbie was determined by a shard of PC board not quite the size of the nail on your pinky finger. Think if people had swarmed over the wreck looking for treasure. This small piece might have been smushed into the ground and lost. Best to leave accident scenes to the professionals...