From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 3 2: 4:15 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A28237B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 02:04:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from pollux.asml.nl (ns.asml.nl [195.109.200.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB7DA43F3F for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 02:04:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from nlvdhv01.asml.nl (nlvdhv01 [195.109.200.68]) by pollux.asml.nl (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA09130; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:04:02 +0100 (MET) Received: from unknown(146.106.1.223) by nlvdhv01.asml.nl via csmap id 23026; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:01:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from titan.asml.nl (titan [146.106.1.9]) by creon.asml.nl (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h13A42H02622; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:04:02 +0100 (MET) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (frobozz.asml.nl [146.106.12.76]) by titan.asml.nl (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA18266; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:04:00 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <200302031346.34040.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> References: <200302031346.34040.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:03:56 +0100 To: JacobRhoden From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: oh my god the nasa shuttle blewup Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 1:46 PM +1100 2003/02/03, JacobRhoden wrote: > If what NASA is said in their speech earlier today is factual, then > it could not have been a bomb, it was the external sensors which had > the abnormal sensor readings. At that altitude and speed, if it had been a bomb, there wouldn't be time for anything to react or detect that it had been a bomb -- the breakup would have been way too fast. > The internal ones all said fine. Although they did > add a big disclaimer that the second report is usally not very > accurate/correct, at the start/end of their press release! There was a complaint about the tire pressure. The tires are normally pressurized with Nitrogen, an inert gas. What if someone had sabotaged them and pressurized them with Oxygen instead, which would then act as fuel for any fire that might have been started? Heck, the heat of re-entry alone could have been enough to have gotten the tires hot enough to cause them to ignite, and if they did, that could easily have taken the entire shuttle out in a millisecond. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message