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Saturday, February 1, 2003



Reuters: Iraqis Call Shuttle Disaster God's Vengeance. [Scripting News]

Against human stupidity, the Gods themselves fight in vain.


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British doctor says "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a brain out of one man, put it in another and have him looking for work in six weeks."

A German doctor says, "That's nothing, we can take a brain out of one person, put it in another and have him preparing for war in four weeks.

The American doctor, not to be outdone, says, "You guys are way behind, we just took a man with no brain out of Texas, put him in the White House, and now half the country is looking for work, and the other half preparing for war."


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Spacing out.

Columbia was the first (and for now the last) shuttle launched into space.

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on Columbia.

The remaining shuttles are Endeavor, Discovery and Atlantis.

NASA considered mothballing Columbia in 2001.

NASA's servers are being hit pretty hard right now, clearly.

My guess is that the current International Space Station crew will return on a Soyuz flight and there will be no further launches for at least two years. (Here's the current schedule, which is now on hold.)

This will delay all kinds of stuff that depends on shuttle flights, though the ISS will be hardest hit. Space tech in general will be slowed down.

I'm taking the kid to the beach. For more, check with Dave. He's all over this thing.

[The Doc Searls Weblog]

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Time: Aerodynamics May Explain Space Shuttle Breakup. [Scripting News]

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Radar image from the National Weather Service that shows the crash, vividly, in color. [Scripting News]

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A year ago I started the Googlewhack of the Day. I wanted to do it for at least a year, but I got tired. It got too easy, there was no challenge...
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The second lesson.

I was going to get up and watch the Shuttle re-enter the atmosphere this morning, but forgot to set the alarm.

Instead, a few minutes ago, I got a call from my sister, whose voice sounded just like it did when she called before dawn on September 11, 2001.

Now I'm sitting here with a six year old boy who loves aviation and space travel, talking about what happened to Columbia, and how something so adventurous and wonderful could end so badly.

It's been almost exactly seventeen years since the last Shuttle disaster. Not long afterwards I wrote Accidental Lessons: Reflections on the Challenger Tragedy.

I'm sure we'll learn from this one too.

[The Doc Searls Weblog]

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Nasa loses contact with shuttle. The US space agency Nasa loses contact with the space shuttle Columbia, minutes before it is due to land in Florida. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]

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Apollo 1, January 27
Challenger, January 28
Columbia, February 1...
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Apparently there's been a Space Shuttle disaster. Looking for reports now. [Scripting News]

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NASA Loses Contact with Space Shuttle Columbia [Slashdot]

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Confusing thoughts watching what happened with the Space Shuttle Columbia. First of all, seven crew members dead, may they rest in peace. One was from Israel, there will be talk of terrorism, but I doubt it. There are easier explanations. Memories of the Challenger disaster, will (cold) weather be involve again this time? Feynman is no longer with us, who would be so bold to take his place?
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To celebrate the release of iPhoto 2, here is a copllection of my best photographs. Some, the best ones, were taken by my wife and daughter...
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My new article in DiarioX is out!. I have a confession to make: I don't write that well. César Alsina is an excellent editor and writer...
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