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benld74

(9,881 posts)
14. Just like there was NOTHING that could be done with Apollo 13?
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 07:36 PM
Jan 2013

Different circumstances, BUT they tried at least! They gave them a fighting chance! Did we lose lose ability to try in the first decade of this century? WTF!


As Jimmy V said Never never give up!

If I were a member of the crew, I'd want to know... Cooley Hurd Jan 2013 #1
I wouldn't want to know........ TheDebbieDee Jan 2013 #15
Oh my gawd. Control-Z Jan 2013 #2
As was I when I heard it on ABC Radio News at the top of the hour. eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #3
It's a right... Jerry442 Jan 2013 #4
I would want to know so we could start working on a solution, like maybe using the DhhD Jan 2013 #5
Documents detail shuttle what-ifs Wilms Jan 2013 #25
The destruction of Columbia was due to utter incompetence Kelvin Mace Jan 2013 #6
+1 ellisonz Jan 2013 #21
It... deathrind Jan 2013 #7
Well I never heard about this until today. eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #9
Wow! SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 #8
One of my friends and co-workers was on that flight. lapfog_1 Jan 2013 #10
Wow iandhr Jan 2013 #11
This has been known for several years Ian Iam Jan 2013 #12
It has? I remember a lot of speculation being bandied about...... TheDebbieDee Jan 2013 #16
The truly damning information begins at the 41.03 mark Ian Iam Jan 2013 #20
Difference between known and demonstrable. /nt TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #30
I don't believe there's anything new here..... groundloop Jan 2013 #13
Just like there was NOTHING that could be done with Apollo 13? benld74 Jan 2013 #14
What, exactly, do you propose they do? TrogL Jan 2013 #17
Uh.. you gotta be kidding me. Flying Squirrel Jan 2013 #19
Well the world will NEVER know now will they? benld74 Jan 2013 #22
Apollo 13, not Apollo 11. longship Jan 2013 #27
Send up another shuttle with just a pilot and rescue suits. TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #31
There wasn't time. jeff47 Feb 2013 #33
What's Justin Bieber got to do with this. daleo Feb 2013 #34
He's what passes for a modern day hero. TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #37
Music industry has been inventing heroes forever daleo Feb 2013 #48
No shuttle to send TrogL Feb 2013 #46
Anyone recall why temporary stays at ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #18
Different orbit. Xithras Jan 2013 #23
I think Columbia did not have docking capability too. nt XRubicon Jan 2013 #26
Had transfer been a real possibility, it wouldn't have mattered. Xithras Feb 2013 #36
Completely different orbits, wouldn't have had enough fuel to reach. nt DRoseDARs Jan 2013 #24
Hooray for me. rocktivity Jan 2013 #28
Duly noted. +1 eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #29
What a twat Scairp Feb 2013 #32
gee...zuss... cntrfthrs Feb 2013 #35
I think I'd rather personally not know -- but I sure wouldn't feel I could make that gateley Feb 2013 #38
Telling Them RobinA Feb 2013 #44
Agree. Maybe that should have been something discussed before the launch? gateley Feb 2013 #47
what lousy reporting. blackspade Feb 2013 #39
Columbia was too heavy to reach ISS LunaSea Feb 2013 #40
Thanks for the link... blackspade Feb 2013 #45
What's the news? I thought that was a LONG foregone conclusion... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #41
Why isn't a rescue space shuttle ever an option? WestCoastLib Feb 2013 #42
Seems to me like that was an option in the earlier flights where they wouldn't launch unless Purveyor Feb 2013 #43
NASA's prime mission is not safety. Psephos Feb 2013 #49
"He's a pilot! You tell him the condition of his craft!" (Line 33944) 24601 Feb 2013 #50
Remind me again who was pResident when this was allowed to happen? Ian David Feb 2013 #51
Columbia Dies over Texas - story by radio host Thom Hartmann Ian David Feb 2013 #52
What happened to NASA's motto liberal N proud Feb 2013 #53
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