From the referenced article, below, describing the buried nose cone of the shuttle, also came the following: ".....What appeared to be one of the shuttle's heat-protecting black tiles was embedded in a tree in the vicinity of the nose cone........." Fragile heat protecting tiles? embedded in a tree? Talk about velocity. FYI chuck --------------- HEMPHILL, Texas (February 3, 2003 11:29 p.m. EST) - Searchers found the nose cone of the space shuttle Columbia buried deep in a thick pine forest near the Louisiana border, officials said Monday night. --------- State troopers near the site where the nose cone was discovered described a hole about 20 feet wide in the pine forest. The troopers, who would not give their names, were stationed at a roadway to keep the media and others from the site. About 10 searchers emerged from the woods with bags full of debris, including metal objects. They filled a bed of a pickup truck with debris. A crew was expected to arrive at the site on Tuesday to dig the nose cone out. What appeared to be one of the shuttle's heat-protecting black tiles was embedded in a tree in the vicinity of the nose cone. Throughout the day, investigators went from rural schools to a college campus gathering pieces of the space shuttle strewn across a disaster scene larger than West Virginia. The shuttle disintegrated as it flew over Texas headed to a landing in Florida, killing the seven astronauts. ----------------------- "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack," Dittemore said, referring to tracking bits of the 6-by-6 inch thermal tiles that covered Columbia. "But that is not going to keep us from looking for it." ------------------------ A huge section of cabin was discovered in a woods east of Nacogdoches. County Sheriff Thomas Kerss would not disclose the exact location or provide details. "We'll be finding stuff months down the road. I'd say hunting season is when people will be picking stuff up, or we'll never find it at all," Turner said. ------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "-----c-HArlie" <charlies@junct.com> To: <meteorobs@atmob.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:31 AM Subject: (meteorobs) The Nando Times: Columbia's nose cone found near Louisiana border > > State troopers near the site where the nose cone was discovered > described a hole about 20 feet wide in the pine forest. The troopers, > who would not give their names, were stationed at a roadway to keep the > media and others from the site. > > http://www.nandotimes.com/healthscience/story/748743p-5427020c.html > > I assume the hole the troopers describe was made by the nose cone's > pressure wave and would of interest to some on this list. > > > > > The archive and Web site for our list is at http://www.meteorobs.org > To stop getting all email from the 'meteorobs' lists, use our Webform: > http://www.meteorobs.org/subscribe.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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