frye@cuuxb.UUCP (frye) (01/29/86)
From the shots I saw of the explosion of the shuttle, I doubt there are many pieces of it left that are as big as a quarter. I suppose that's an exageration, but not that big an exageration. Just after the throttle up command was given (Which, I guess means that the craft has stablized and acceleration can resume. Its par to back off a little at a certain speed where the actual preasure on the craft reaches its highest. If the craft is operating smoothly enough, its okay to pour on the coal again.), the craft blew into a great ball of fire. I guess NASA still hasn't sorted it out yet, though they are pretty sure there couldn't have been any survivors. I wonder if a wind shear could've shook something loose and caused a fuel leak. 'Nough of my speculation on the subject, 'specially since I know nearly nothing but what I've heard from the media so far...Just hope NASA can collect enough of the ill fated craft to piece the puzzle together. Its really tough watching something like that happening. The hell of it is, there ain't a thing in the world a guy can do. At least those folks died doing something they really wanted to do. Regards, Tom Frye