Contact with Columbia Lost!

[Panag]

look at the date , .....

from this the buran was born and its booster rocket

[Serb]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


They aren't even that fun then.

Says person whose nick name is the name of Russian tsar.

[Dis]

I saw the mission patch last night on the news. It does exist.

What do you guys think could have been done if they knew there was damage? People seem to think it was doomed from the start. But I've had some ideas. Why not get the shuttle close to the ISS window. Someone with a telescope or similar device could inspect the underside. I'm not sure if they had enough fuel for such and operation though.

And I heard the Columbia was too large to dock with the ISS. But I can't help but think there may have been a way to get 6 of those 7 astronauts off via space walk. But that would be highly dangerous unless they could somehow get tethering lines accross from the ISS access to the cargo bay of the space shuttle. In fact, if the computer could pilot the Columbia, maybe all 7 could have got off and the computer could have piloted the columbia into the Pacific.

[Panag]

this little museum used to be top secret until not that long ago , .....

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Serb

Says person whose nick name is the name of Russian tsar.

You go see Boris Godunov and tell me what's fun about it.

You are perhaps the most easily-trollable person left on Poly now that Fez is gone.

[Panag]

Energia
Background Information

First Launch:
February 1961 Flight Rate:
5 to 6 launches per year Launch Site:
Tyuratam, Russia Capability:
3,564 lb lunar delivery trajectory;
2,596 lb Venus delivery trajectory;
2,090 lb Mars delivery trajectory
History


Developed from the Vostok and Soyuz launch vehicles originally derived from the SS-6 ICBM
Includes a third stage for high-energy interplanetary missions
Used to launch many of the former Soviet Union’s early interplanetary space probes
Description


Three-stage liquid fueled vehicle
Stage 1 core has one RD-108 booster engine (one turbopump with four separate combustion chambers) burning LO2/kerosene propellant fed from stage 1 tanks, generating 167,000 lb of thrust
Stage 1 strap-ons each have one RD-107 engine (one turbopump with four separate combustion chambers) burning LO2/kerosene propellant fed from stage 1 tank, generating a total of 740,000 lb of thrust
Stage 2 has one RD-461 engine burning LO2/kerosene, generating 67,000 lb of thrust
Stage 3 engine burns LO2/kerosene, generating 15,000 lb of thrust
Profile


Length:
138 ft
Launch Weight:
683,000 lb
Diameter
8.9 ft
Liftoff Thrust:
907,000 lb
Payload Fairing:
12.1 ft x 7.6 ft

[Ming]

Back on topic folks... enough with the personal crap...

[Zylka]

I wasn't trolling. Lighten up, ruska!

Well I'm outta here before this hits 500. I need some Vietnamese food

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Boris - http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/0...ris/index.html

About 20 miles away from San Augustine, officials found a perfectly intact mission patch with the names of all seven Columbia crew members. Elsewhere, a helmet was found.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Dissident
I saw the mission patch last night on the news. It does exist.

What do you guys think could have been done if they knew there was damage? People seem to think it was doomed from the start. But I've had some ideas. Why not get the shuttle close to the ISS window. Someone with a telescope or similar device could inspect the underside. I'm not sure if they had enough fuel for such and operation though.

And I heard the Columbia was too large to dock with the ISS. But I can't help but think there may have been a way to get 6 of those 7 astronauts off via space walk. But that would be highly dangerous unless they could somehow get tethering lines accross from the ISS access to the cargo bay of the space shuttle. In fact, if the computer could pilot the Columbia, maybe all 7 could have got off and the computer could have piloted the columbia into the Pacific.

hi ,

it was done and nothing wrong was found , ....

have a nice day

[Serb]

Originally posted by panag
look at the date , .....

from this the buran was born and its booster rocket

In fact this design comes from 50s years of last century, iirc. Burya was the on of the projects, but Khrushev selected Soyuz.

[Dis]

ack! this thread is over the magic number.

So should we continue the shuttle program? I do think this may be a design flaw. There may always be some risk of this.

Maybe we should just pay the russians and use their vehicles to get into space . Of course they don't have a shuttle like us. But we could still use their vehicles to get to the ISS.

[Panag]

hi ,

its about time we join forces as people , instead of spending money in three four parts of the world we should unite and get to space , .....

this shuttle mission was a perfect example of it , indian , jew , white , black , ......

now we should go further

pic ; intresting another russian project

have a nice day

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Instead of spending money on farm subsidies and tax cuts, we should give it all to NASA. And maybe privitize it. I'm not sure about that yet tho.

[Willem]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Source? Sorry, sounds like a hoax to me. Considering the shuttle disintegrated in flames at 200,000+ feet, I doubt a mission patch could have survived.

They have a photo at CNN, with it still lying on the ground.