At 8:00 AM CST this morning, the space shuttle re-entered the atmosphere around north central texas and now is missing... (They should have landed by 8:20 AM.)
However, pieces did break off of the shuttle as it was coming down. By this point in time (9:32 AM CST) I just heard the news say that the shuttle couldn't stay in the air because of it's weight and that it is down somewhere in Texas. They are on a search... and Texans have been warned to stay away from the debris because of the toxic fumes that are with the shuttle. What I heard was that if you breathed it in, within days you would be dead.
The only thing that we know is that the shuttle is NOT in the air. They don't know what happened at the moment conclusively. The bail out system at 200,000 feet in the air though would not have saved them.
An eyewitness in Layfette, LA, Rob Perillo talked about what he saw... and it's very sad to know that a person in LA saw this happen... the smoke flumes of more than one thing - the usual sonic boom that he uaually hears was heightened and had multiple booms with it.
Again, they haven't addressed the fate of the crew... but I think that we already know what has happened....
Dear Heavenly Father....
Please be with the family and friends of those that were in the crew of the space shuttle. Hold them close to Your heart. As for those people searching for the shuttle and it's debris, please Lord, let them find the debris, and keep those who find it safe and away from the fumes. Be with us as nation as we research what happened.
In Jesus name, I pray...
Amen.
However, pieces did break off of the shuttle as it was coming down. By this point in time (9:32 AM CST) I just heard the news say that the shuttle couldn't stay in the air because of it's weight and that it is down somewhere in Texas. They are on a search... and Texans have been warned to stay away from the debris because of the toxic fumes that are with the shuttle. What I heard was that if you breathed it in, within days you would be dead.
The only thing that we know is that the shuttle is NOT in the air. They don't know what happened at the moment conclusively. The bail out system at 200,000 feet in the air though would not have saved them.
An eyewitness in Layfette, LA, Rob Perillo talked about what he saw... and it's very sad to know that a person in LA saw this happen... the smoke flumes of more than one thing - the usual sonic boom that he uaually hears was heightened and had multiple booms with it.
Again, they haven't addressed the fate of the crew... but I think that we already know what has happened....
Dear Heavenly Father....
Please be with the family and friends of those that were in the crew of the space shuttle. Hold them close to Your heart. As for those people searching for the shuttle and it's debris, please Lord, let them find the debris, and keep those who find it safe and away from the fumes. Be with us as nation as we research what happened.
In Jesus name, I pray...
Amen.