Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 08:59:15 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com ([24.165.200.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.5) with ESMTP id 2006530 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 01 Feb 2003 18:25:37 -0500 Received: from office (66-61-152-211.dialroam.rr.com [66.61.152.211]) by mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id h11NPYa04815; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 17:25:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Marc Wiese" X-Original-To: "Flyrotary" , "Rx7 List" Subject: [all] shuttle explosion X-Original-Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 17:25:26 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <000701c2ca49$35d833a0$d3983d42@office> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 About 8 am this morning as I was getting up here in Dallas, and heard a very loud boom, similar to one the old sonic booms, but louder. (I lived on military bases as a child and know what they sound like). It rattled the windows and the bedside lamp, and was very odd and unexpected. About a half and hour later, I became aware that the shuttle was in trouble. It appears what I heard was the airframe parts of the shuttle either going subsonic or an explosion of the airframe components. Here in downtown Dallas the shuttle was supposedly over 200,000 feet up going over 12000 mph, and if so, it was one hellish event. I am new here in Dallas, and am told it is normal to view the shuttle on re-entry over eastern tx, but that no sonic boom is usually heard... My prayers go with the families of the 7 astronauts and the courageous people who challenge the boundaries of our knowledge of space travel. Marc Wiese