Space Forum / Shuttle / February 2006

Zero gee entry seat, well better described as simulated zero gee. We
simulate zero gees in a one gee environment currently using a swimming
pool. This same concept could be used to simulate zero gees at much higher
gee loads, 5 or 10 gees.

Many years ago, an uncle of mine was working with a team at McDonnell
Douglas.  Their job was simple, come up with a design to submit for the
shuttle contract.  At the time, the firm was in trouble financially due to
the problems with a couple of air liners that had earned a bad ...

Question One: Do we have conclusive evidence that any of the astronauts
survived the initial breakup of the Challenger?
Question Two: If some survived, how long were they conscious (if they
were even conscious)?

I was in 3rd grade in 1986. My teacher wheeled in a television set and
we watched the Challenger lift off live on t.v. 73 seconds into the
flight something unusual happened and the space shuttle disintegrated,
sending both booster rockets zigzagging across the sky. The main

I see in the news group that the Air force are singing their own praises
about hypersonic flight and rentry vehicles.
This poses some questions.
Firstly, if this is for real, and is going to happen, how come its public

Surely someone knows the reason Terry Wilcutt is no longer in command
of this flight and Mark Polansky was assigned...just curious that's all!

Jan. 18, 2006
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-3749

There's an excellent new book on the shuttle Columbia - "Columbia -
Final Voyage".
What's unique is it's primarily about the crew and the mission, not
about the accident. During the flight there were only a handful of