On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, David Anderman wrote: > Its unclear as to whether the re-entry was nominal up to the moment contact > was lost, or whether there were prior indications of problems. There does > not seem to be any public information as to whether contact was > re-established with Columbia after the blackout period. > > DWA There is no blackout period for the space shuttle. They can communicate through what used to be communication blackouts during Apollo, Gemini & Mercury by transmitting up to the TDRSS satellites. From what I've heard (and that isn't much), they were in contact up to the moment it was lost and hopefully they will be able to use telemetry to figure out what happened reasonably quickly. My thoughts are with the 7 crewmembers and their families and friends. Jim. Jim Scotti Lunar & Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 USA http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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