RE: The Space Shuttle is gone!

bikolee · Feb 01, 2003, 07:55 PM

CamperJonesTo some this may be crass.

But.

Yes this was a terrible tragedy, and our hearts go out to both the astronauts and their families. But, the media coverage is just plain overkill. The shuttle all but flew directly over our house when the unthinkable event happened. The local stations in this area have shown nothing but this event all day. To me, it s way too much.

It happened.

If they have new information great. But it has been a repeat of the same thing all day. I don t know about you, but I do not want to see/hear about it over and over and over. I ll always remember where I was in 86 when the other shuttle disaster happened. I ll always remember 9-11-01. And I ll remember this day. But the media takes it too far.

marybeth1024 · Feb 02, 2003, 12:49 AM

CamperJones

QuoteIt is a very sad day indeed, I will remember this day just as I will remember the 86 disaster and the terrorist attacks. When people ask me years from now where I was for those events I will be able to tell them exactly.

As a side note, how long do you think it s going to take for some idiot to have debris for sale on e-bay?

I was thinking of that before. There are too many things happening where I can remember exactly where I was. [

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PopUpTrio · Feb 02, 2003, 04:31 PM

CamperJonesWhat a dreadful awakening for us as we were enjoying beautiful camping weather in N.E. TX (our last trip in our popup). We were camping at a neaby State Park and were awakened by the dreadful, explosive sound of " something really big" . We knew it wasn t good. A few minutes later, a park ranger drove through to tell everyone what had happened. We then learned that the debris had fallen everywhere around us. We were concerned about our home as it was right in the line of fallout. Upon arriving home everything was fine, for us. This is such a sad event, reminiscent of the Challenger. God bless the families of those lost.

Horscampr · Feb 02, 2003, 08:29 PM

CamperJonesI was at the laundrymat yesterday doing my wash when I heard of the news of the shuttle s crash. I just stared at the TV like a zombie under hypnosis. The first thing that went through my mind was what happened to the Challenger several years ago (I had been in school at the time and remember watching THAT disaster with my teacher and classmates. I also remember being confused at that time and not quite grasping full understanding of such a tradgedy).

I have not been able to get the thoughts out of my mind. I can feel the grief these families are going through because I know all to well what its like to unexpectidly loose a loved one.

I would also like to add my 2 cents worth as far as the media coverage. I agree that it has been a bit overkill. I was rather disgusted this morning to hear them announce on the TV that " body parts" have been found. In my mind, the media was a little too graphic on this and I found it to be rather disrespectful to the families that lost those people. Once the remains had all been found, they could announce that the bodies were found and leave it at that. Many gory details could have, SHOULD HAVE been spared as well as the dignity of some of those families.

Just as was the case with the 9/11 incident, I am again feeling sad and depressed that there is nothing I can do to help these poor families. My heart is aching for them and the best that I can hope for is that they know that there are many of us out there who are putting them in our prayers.

God Bless...

Miss-Teri · Feb 03, 2003, 01:00 AM

Horscampr

QuoteORIGINAL: Horscampr

I would also like to add my 2 cents worth as far as the media coverage. I agree that it has been a bit overkill. I was rather disgusted this morning to hear them announce on the TV that " body parts" have been found. In my mind, the media was a little too graphic on this and I found it to be rather disrespectful to the families that lost those people. Once the remains had all been found, they could announce that the bodies were found and leave it at that. Many gory details could have, SHOULD HAVE been spared as well as the dignity of some of those families.

I agree, the media have been driving me crazy the last couple of days. From the same questions asked over and over to the interviewer who asked a guy who found one of the astronaut s corpses, " If you didn t know about the shuttle disaster, would you have recognized it as a human corpse?" The guy looked at them rather disgustedly and replied, " Yes" . Guess they were hoping it didn t resemble a person so they could make it as graphic as possible. C mon people of the press - knock off the sensationalism! [>:]

Families, co-workers, and friends of the astronauts are in my prayers as well.

Giffster · Feb 03, 2003, 08:00 PM

CamperJonesI was camping when I heard the news. Watched TV all day. When I was stationed at Patrick AFB, FL in 1986, I saw the Challenger disaster live. Not a fun feeling. This brought back some bad memories.

NightOwl · Feb 04, 2003, 02:37 PM

bikolee

QuoteORIGINAL: bikolee

To some this may be crass.

But.

Yes this was a terrible tragedy, and our hearts go out to both the astronauts and their families. But, the media coverage is just plain overkill. The local stations in this area have shown nothing but this event all day. To me, it s way too much.

It happened.

If they have new information great. But it has been a repeat of the same thing all day. I don t know about you, but I do not want to see/hear about it over and over and over... the media takes it too far.

I agree wholeheartedly with Bill s statement. I have felt nothing but contempt for these Talking Heads since Pam Am Flight 103 went down over Lockerbie, Scotland and the tv cameras and reporters cruelly chased a woman through the NY airport to ask how she felt to learn of her daughter s death (they mercilessly showed her screaming and throwing herself on the floor in emotional agony) For MOST so-called TV reporters, these tragedies are mere " HAPPENINGS" --a chance to talk and talk and talk==blah, blah,blah all day long== and do their ego-trips and rip our hearts apart over and over again.

We have the information, we know what happened--how can our national pain be any greater? Why do they feel it is necessary to treat these beloved dead of ours as though they are circus freaks to be displayed endlessly?

As with Challenger and 9-11, I simply refuse to watch. I despise these ghouls--they are worse than vultures. Worst of all are those all-knowing, would-be experts on MSNBC. What *ssholes!

got woody? · Feb 04, 2003, 09:07 PM

CamperJonesI am a huge fan of the space program. Even had the pleasure of witnessing a shuttle launch in person. The loss of Columbia hit me like a punch in the stomach and I m still reeling. However, now I suffer more as know-nothing idiot talking heads (who prior to Saturday didn t even know we had a shuttle on orbit) debate the merits of NASA.

They fail to even recognize the irony that their comments are transmitted VIA SATELLITE potentially placed or serviced in orbit by a Human Being in the space program!

Then along comes the following CBS Radio Commentary from Dave Ross --- I could not agree more. --Jim

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Milt Heflin, the Shuttle s Chief Flight Director, put it pretty well a few hours after the accident.

" When we have a bad day," he said, " we go fix it" .

That s NASA s approach. In the news media, when there s a bad day, they go searching for I-told-you-so s.

The warnings that went unheeded: warnings about the age of the shuttle fleet, about the tiles, the budget cuts...

Well, there are so many studies and articles about the shuttle program that no matter WHAT goes wrong, you can go back and find somebody who predicted it. There were reports predicting 9/11, there were reports predicting Oakland would lose -- there are reports predicting everything.

Or, the other angle -- that this points out the folly of sending people into space: it s too dangerous; we should be sending robots instead.

But robots don t inspire people. Astronauts DO. They are role models who are really really smart and really really brave. They re the inspiration for the kids who DON T care about football.

No, the mainstream media s main problem with the space program is: it doesn t get ratings.

Going into space on top of a bomb and coming back in a fireball ... is considered dull.

Now, twenty women competing to get a gussied-up construction worker into bed -- THAT S interesting. That s called REALITY TV. But seven people who fly a bomb into space and come back in a fireball -- no big deal!

Well, there s plenty of stuff in America that panders to the idiot in us; a program that spends a few billion to pander to the genius in us? You don t just throw that out. " You go fix it."

NightOwl · Feb 05, 2003, 07:24 PM

got woody?

QuoteORIGINAL: got woody?

robots don t inspire people. Astronauts DO. They are role models who are really really smart and really really brave. They re the inspiration for the kids who DON T care about football.

No, the mainstream media s main problem with the space program is: it doesn t get ratings.

Going into space on top of a bomb and coming back in a fireball ... is considered dull.

Well, there s plenty of stuff in America that panders to the idiot in us; a program that spends a few billion to pander to the genius in us? You don t just throw that out. " You go fix it."

AMEN!

gnsmith · Feb 05, 2003, 09:56 PM

GiffsterWell said Jim.

Miss-Teri · Feb 05, 2003, 11:42 PM

got woody?Ditto gnsmith. Well said.

rednekrubbrduck · Feb 06, 2003, 07:01 AM

GiffsterThis has been a major tragedy. but at least one positive thing, at least no one on the ground was hurt. With all that debris,,,it s surprising. Haven t heard of any that got hit with falling debris. Then again..I agree with the news coverage is too much, and change the channel, so I might have missed it, and could be wrong.

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