Suzie
02-04-2003, 08:09 PM
Shuttle Pieces Reported in Calif., Arizona
Tuesday, February 04, 2003
HEMPHILL, Texas — NASA sent teams Tuesday to check out reports of space shuttle debris found as far west as California and Arizona -- material that could shed light on the earliest stages of Columbia's breakup.
Michael Kostelnik, a NASA spaceflight office deputy, said the debris could be wing material, but he cautioned that the space agency has not determined whether it is connected to Columbia at all.
"Debris early in the flight path would be critical because that material would obviously be near the start of the events" that unfolded during the shuttle's west-to-east trip across the country, Kostelnik said.
At the same time, investigators in Florida studied sea currents in the Atlantic Ocean near the Kennedy Space Center, trying to determine where heat tiles or other parts that might have fallen off Columbia during its launch would have wound up.
The search up to now has been concentrated from central Texas into central
MORE HERE (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77561,00.html)
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The primary search area is larger than West Virginia.
[/ QUOTE ] Only with less un identified debris I would imagine. At least someone knows it really is a state. But some how always compared with something horrific! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Tuesday, February 04, 2003
HEMPHILL, Texas — NASA sent teams Tuesday to check out reports of space shuttle debris found as far west as California and Arizona -- material that could shed light on the earliest stages of Columbia's breakup.
Michael Kostelnik, a NASA spaceflight office deputy, said the debris could be wing material, but he cautioned that the space agency has not determined whether it is connected to Columbia at all.
"Debris early in the flight path would be critical because that material would obviously be near the start of the events" that unfolded during the shuttle's west-to-east trip across the country, Kostelnik said.
At the same time, investigators in Florida studied sea currents in the Atlantic Ocean near the Kennedy Space Center, trying to determine where heat tiles or other parts that might have fallen off Columbia during its launch would have wound up.
The search up to now has been concentrated from central Texas into central
MORE HERE (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77561,00.html)
[ QUOTE ]
The primary search area is larger than West Virginia.
[/ QUOTE ] Only with less un identified debris I would imagine. At least someone knows it really is a state. But some how always compared with something horrific! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif