I was living in Vidor Texas and on that morning my friend John and I were driving back to my house and I happened to see a strange cloud in the sky to the North and slightly East. Long story short it was columbia when she started coming apart. That moment will forever live with me
0:28 - "bit of foam insulation" the shuttle was done from that point, there was a hole a foot across in the leading edge 27:00 - cause determined already
0:30 NASAs version of Occam's Razor "The least likely, most implausible incident is most likely the casue" They totally blew off the foam strike and it ended up being what brought it down.
When the shuttle was in orbit, someone got a good visual on the hole in the wing. They knew it was doomed and no one would survive. They kept it quiet. To do otherwise would have caused the families of the crew to all but burn down NASA since there was no way to fix the damage, nor launch a rescue shuttle.
Space buffs can always recognize Columbia just by looking for the SLITS pod at the top of the tail. It held a thermal camera that they used to (ironically) view the left wing to get thermography photos back in the 80s or 90s. The camera was removed but the pod remained.
Remember that people in the media have to stick to what they absolutely know when they're reporting. They may have their suspicions, but people are watching looking for hard information, and if they're wrong, an incorrect narrative can take over. They have to be very cautious about what they say.
I am sure I saw Columbia re-entering,I was out fishing with some friends and we had a camp fire, we were sitting drinking beer and telling fishing stories when a flying object became visible, it was streaking across the ski from the south west and traveled horizontally, it traveled across the sky directly in front of us and was glowing orange, it was not like anything I had seen before, it was not like a shooting star, it kept glowing as it traveled right across the night sky until it disappeared to the north east, it was not a commercial airliner it was way faster and didn't appear to have any lights other than the orange glow.
@@Mexsipuedoperez I would say it was morning, around 1am in our part of the world but I didn't check the time so I don't know the exact time and it was still going,it disappeared over the horizon.
@@ProgNoizesB This looked far better actually over the air. VHS didn't (and couldn't) approach broadcast quality. You simply couldn't get it out of videotape running at such a slow speed. But that was a known compromise when the system was designed. Nobody ever expected it to be used for broadcast. That's why 1 inch C, and 2 inch Quad was for. I'd imagine any 1 inch C format tape still around would look very close to what was seen over the air back then.
I lived in Texas during this. I knew there was trouble. I took my helicopter up and pulled near the shuttle and in fact threw a rope over. But I was too late.
Great analysis by Harwood as the events unfolded. Incredibly informative and comprehensive.
I was living in Vidor Texas and on that morning my friend John and I were driving back to my house and I happened to see a strange cloud in the sky to the North and slightly East. Long story short it was columbia when she started coming apart. That moment will forever live with me
Bill Harwood was initially on the right track of what caused the disaster, it was quality journalism, back in the days...
0:28 - "bit of foam insulation"
the shuttle was done from that point, there was a hole a foot across in the leading edge
27:00 - cause determined already
0:30
NASAs version of Occam's Razor
"The least likely, most implausible incident is most likely the casue"
They totally blew off the foam strike and it ended up being what brought it down.
There was a hole a foot across in the leading edge. The shuttle was done from that point.
@@AlonsoRules it was actually 24".
When the shuttle was in orbit, someone got a good visual on the hole in the wing. They knew it was doomed and no one would survive. They kept it quiet. To do otherwise would have caused the families of the crew to all but burn down NASA since there was no way to fix the damage, nor launch a rescue shuttle.
This happened because engineers were told to "put on their business hats" this was 100 percent on LD
Space buffs can always recognize Columbia just by looking for the SLITS pod at the top of the tail. It held a thermal camera that they used to (ironically) view the left wing to get thermography photos back in the 80s or 90s. The camera was removed but the pod remained.
Cheap Arrogance on NASA’s parts or they wanted to sacrifice more astronauts for more Satanic Black Magic
@@maotsetungthot9144 😂😅🤣 Thank you for posting the stupidest comment on the internet. Congratulations !!
0:38
Cause found
They missed David Brown off the crew list :(
Like micheal smith of challenger
20:51 LOL sorta "They said the Shuttle went missing"
They died from apoxyia immediately.
Where do I get that awesome shuttle model?
The enterprise first test space shuttle 1977
Yes, but not a space-capable space shuttle.
Media people aren't the brightest.
Remember that people in the media have to stick to what they absolutely know when they're reporting. They may have their suspicions, but people are watching looking for hard information, and if they're wrong, an incorrect narrative can take over. They have to be very cautious about what they say.
I am sure I saw Columbia re-entering,I was out fishing with some friends and we had a camp fire, we were sitting drinking beer and telling fishing stories when a flying object became visible, it was streaking across the ski from the south west and traveled horizontally, it traveled across the sky directly in front of us and was glowing orange, it was not like anything I had seen before, it was not like a shooting star, it kept glowing as it traveled right across the night sky until it disappeared to the north east, it was not a commercial airliner it was way faster and didn't appear to have any lights other than the orange glow.
How did it disappear in the night sky if the situation happened in the morning?
@@Mexsipuedoperez I would say it was morning, around 1am in our part of the world but I didn't check the time so I don't know the exact time and it was still going,it disappeared over the horizon.
@@gogogeedus that sounds cool! Wich part of the world are you talking about? You may have seen history
A camp fire in the morning
@@tylerdonitzen, and BEERS?
Like a comet
Seems that this footage was recorded on a Betamax machine...
S-VHS and a lot of modern image processing power.
Paul C
It's times like this that I am really happy social media is in existence. And thanks for sharing Paul
I thought technology was better in 2003. BlueRay was around then.
@@ProgNoizesB This looked far better actually over the air. VHS didn't (and couldn't) approach broadcast quality. You simply couldn't get it out of videotape running at such a slow speed. But that was a known compromise when the system was designed. Nobody ever expected it to be used for broadcast. That's why 1 inch C, and 2 inch Quad was for. I'd imagine any 1 inch C format tape still around would look very close to what was seen over the air back then.
nasa didnt learn nothing from challenger
Any one know the speed ,when they were tumbling?
go to 17:13 i think he said 12,000 MPH aka 18 :/
Also 220,000' above Dallas Texas. I know you didn't ask that but thought I would let you know.
looks like he is been judge
Do you have more Columbia coverage? Thanks!
This is all I have.
@@WanderlustWonderscape Thanks for telling us. And thanks lots for posting this footage!! :) :) :)
57:55
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*No.*
Yep.
That's zolar for you
Lock the doors!
I lived in Texas during this. I knew there was trouble. I took my helicopter up and pulled near the shuttle and in fact threw a rope over. But I was too late.