OFF: Spaceshuttle Columbia

[Jill Strobridge]

The British news this evening was talking about damage to the left wing.
I guess there's not much you can do if a large chunk of your spacecraft
wing disintegrates at a speed of Mach 18.

I went to listen to a talk the other day from a crew that returned only
recently about what it was like up there - to stand outside the space
station and look down and there's only the Earth below you.    A
fantastic, wondrous place but it takes courage to get there.    I'm
sorry to hear this news - for the loss of lives - for the delays it'll
mean.   My sympathies to all.
jill
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Jill Strobridge <jill at theta-orionis.freeserve.co.uk>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Loehr" <JLoehr4299 at AOL.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:42 PM
Subject: OFF:Spaceshuttle Columbia


> I don't feel fear or panic
> And nothing brings me down
> I'm an aerospaceage warrior
> I can fly sideways through sound
> My reflexes and reactions
> Are as fast as a machine
>
> I'm the right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> I'm the right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> I'm the right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> just watch my trail
>
> When the dial needle flickers
> Around mach one or two
> And something happens suddenly
> I know exactly what to do
> My hands move without thinking
> And my feet like lightning too
>
> I'm the right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> The right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> I'm the right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> I never fail
>
> My nerves are made of steel
> And my eyes are eagle sharp
> And what would freak the average man
> Does not affect my heart
> Not even if this jinxy jet
> Should shake itself apart
>
> 'Cause I'm the right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> The right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> I'm the right stuff baby
> The right stuff
> As hard as nails
> I never fail
> Just watch my trail
>