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Tomorrow will be a day of remembrance in honor of the seven astronauts who died Saturday aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. President Bush will attend a memorial service at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Tuesday. Former astronauts will also be there - including Dartmouth Medical School Professor Jay Buckey, who flew aboard the Columbia in 1998. During tomorrow's service, President Bush is expected to renew his commitment to space travel. This - just as NASA engineers begin the long process of figuring out why the space shuttle Columbia broke apart. |
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the debris field is 28-hundred square miles so finding all of the parts of this will never be found IN THE JOB OF COLLECTING BITS AND PIECES OF A FALLEN SPACE SHUTTLE, THE MOST PRECIOUS ITEM TO BE FOUND ARE HUMAN REMAINS. NASA SAYS SOME OF THESE REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND AND TAKEN IN FOR IDENTIFACTION. I want you to know that we're honoring our fellow crewmates and we're taking care of them. TECHNOLOGY HAS BECOME A MAJOR TOOL IN LOCATING DEBRIS. RADAR AND GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS ARE BEING USED TO PINPOINT FRAGMENTS. BUT OLD FASHIONED METHODS WORK TOO. FROM HORSEBACK - TO HELICOPTER - THIS IS A MASSIVE EFFORT - A HUNT FOR PIECES RANGING IN SIZE FROM A SMALL COIN TO A SMALL CAR. so we want to make certain - this evidence - if you want to call it evidence - is preserved in such a way that NASA can come in afterward and find out what caused this tragedy. YET, BECAUSE SO MUCH DEBRIS HAS BEEN SPREAD OVER SUCH A VAST AREA, POLICE ARE PRIORITIZING. Obviously we're going to take as a top priority any site that has a report of anything that may be volatile or harmful in nature. ALSO NASA HAS REQUESTED THE USE OF BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN LOUISIANA - WHICH COULD BECOME A CENTRAL COLLECTION CENTER FOR THE PIECES THAT ONCE WERE COLUMBIA |
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The people of New Hampshire know all too well the magnitude of the Shuttle disaster. It was almost 17 years ago to the day that the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takefoff. Among those lost was the nation's first teacher in Space. Christa McCauliffe was a Concord High School teacher, whose legacy lives on in the planetarium named for her. Celene Ramadan show us how New Hampshire remembers. |
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All around New Hampshire flags were lowered to half- staff to commemorate the 7 crew members lost aboard the Columbia. Jeanne - When I heard the news Saturday morning one of my first thoughts was for the Christa's family and the family of the Challenger crew what it must be like for them and then all of the people in New Hampshire who were schoolchildren at the time that the Challenger disaster happened and it's very difficult for all of us because it's making us relive a lot of that. Roy - It became obvious as the day wore on that people were going to come here - they were almost drawn to here because of the Christa McCaulliffe tragic accident in 1986. And in fact I had a young couple that said "they had to be here" quote unquote because it made them remember of the Christa M. tragic accident and I thought that was significant because we all have things that we sort of need to do when we're in a time of stress and they felt this was the place to come. Jeanne - We have a nose cone of the Columbia with a landing simulator. And I thought on Saturday about closing it off and I changed my mind because - that landing simulator is a vital training tool for shuttle pilots and I know that they use it on the ground to get ready for the flight - but they also use it on board because a shuttle pilot needs to do piloting when they take off and land but while their on orbit they don't do much piloting so it's good for them to keep their skills sharp and doing the simulations while flying. So I thought well that's a really good exhibit to show kids. So we can honor the Columbia 7 by doing that. Track - At Concord High School, where MacCauliffe taught, the media was asked to stay away. Students and faculty had a moment of silence. In classes, students and teachers talked about space exploration. Jeanne - "I'm sure that people have a lot of questions about the risks versus the rewards but I think that the astronauts and the engineers at NASA they nderstand the risks a lot more than those of use on the ground. And they feel that that exploration - the furthering of human knowledge is is worth it and I think to honor them we have to continue on with man/space flight." Track - For New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Celene Ramadan. |
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For the next couple of weeks, the planetariam will host daily LIVE briefings from NASA TV on the investigation. They'll also hold seminars on the shuttle mission itself. |
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President Bush says America is grieving over the "Columbia" disaster -- but its "journey into space will go on." On a visit to the National Institutes of Health in suburban Washington, the president said the shuttle's loss is a reminder of the sacrifices that often accompany scientific learning. Much of that learning takes place at the University of New Hampshire Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans and Space. Joining me two professors with the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space Eberhard Mobius and James Ryan. Also joining us graduate student Lucas Saul. Thank you all for joining us today. |
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NASA and University of New Hampshire have relationship.How is UNH involved with NASA? How will the disaster impact UNH research or relationshipw ith NASA? Can you talk about importance of manned vs. unmanned space missions? Is what we learn in space worth the risk? What about Institutional Memory? NASA has had funding cut - losing some older workers who posess that institutional memory - is that necessary with research and explorations.science seems such an exact science everything recorded that anectodal info not as important. As a grad student what opportunities are at NASA for you? Does this make you think differently about space exploration and research? **NH among top schools on NASA funding UNH is NASA Earth system partner - saltellite remote sensing and solar terrestrial theory |
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When the Columbia broke apart, it left many questions in its wake. In the coming months, there will be investigations into how this could have happened. A commission of inquiry will try to answer those questions - but there is a bigger question that many will ask anew, with so many problems on earth, why do we spend our resources reaching into space? Producer Richard Ager looks at how that question was answered the last time the nation faced the loss of a space shuttle and its crew. |
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Track: Last Tuesday, the crew of the Columbia commemorated the loss 17 years ago of the shuttle Challenger. Three days later, 40 miles over the earth and minutes from their landing site, they too were lost. Soundup: CNN Record tape: 09;01:50 "Columbia, Houston, we see your tire pressure messages and we did not copy your last." "Roger,." Track: That was Columbia's last communication - a scene all too reminiscent of that day in 1986 when another Shuttle crew died, including Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe. Soundup: Challenger resource tape: 19:09 "This is mission control Houston, we have no additional word at this time." Soundup: Challenger resource tape: 22:20 "Okay everyone, stay off your telephones - maintain your data" Track: This new tragedy so close to another painful anniversary is difficult to grasp, to process, to put into perspective. At such times, words are important, for they are our best way to express the meaning of a terrible sacrifice. Bite: CNN Record tape: 08;58:23 These men and women assumed great risk in the service of all humanity. In an age when space flight has come to seem almost routine, it is easy to overlook the dangers of travel by rocket. And the difficulties of navigating the fierce outer atmosphere of the earth. These astronauts knew the dangers and they faced them willingly. Knowing they had a high and noble purpose in life. Because of their courage and daring and idealism, we will miss them all the more. Track: As we once again must come to terms with such a loss, we would do well to remember how a nation healed before. Bite: NASA Challenger Resource tape: 30:47 Sometimes when we reach for the stars, we fall short. But we must pick ourselves up again and press on despite the pain. Out nation is indeed fortunate that we can still draw on immense reservoirs of courage, character and fortitude. That we're still blessed with heroes like those of the space shuttle Challenger. Dick, Mike, Judy, El, Ron, Greg and Christa; your families and your country mourn your passing. We bid you goodbye, we will never forget you. Track: Indeed, the Challenger crew has not been forgotten, as various communities worked to remember their own. NH built a planetarium to honor its teacher in space. This place carries on programs of space education, and has been a place where children have met astronauts and nurtured their own dreams of space flight. And in Christa's hometown of Framingham, Massachusetts, the Challenger Learning Center is a place for children to experience simulated space missions. Bite: Grace Corrigan tape 21:21 I think she sits on my shoulders some days…. Bite: Grace Corrigan tape 25:27 Our job is to inspire children to be all that they can be which was Christa's message to her students as well. Track: In an interview two years ago, Christa's mother Grace Corrigan remembered her daughter and the cause she believed in. Bite: Grace Corrigan tape 17;10 I think her legacy is really - that she left such a zest for living and an exhuberance for everyone to feel good about themselves - to do the best they can. And you can do it - I can do it, you can do it! That type of thing. That's what she wanted everybody to know. She wanted everybody to know how important they were. And as she taught history, she said, 'you all make history too. It's not just presidents and kings. Each and everyone of you are part of history. Standup: Now, another crew has become part of history. It is a history in which sorrow coexists with joy, for as we have been reminded, one is the occasional price of the other. At the Kennedy space center, there is a great granite wall which bears the names of those who have died in the space program. There is ample room on that wall for more names. Bite: NASA Challenger Resource tape: 30:00 The future is not free. The story of all human progress is one of a struggle against all odds. We learned again that this America, which Abraham Lincoln called the last, best hope on earth, was built on heroism and noble sacrifice. It was built by men and women like our seven star voyagers, who answered a call beyond duty , who gave more than was expected or required. And gave it little thought of worldly reward. Track: If there are rewards for those who risk going into space, they may be to dream of better days… Bite: CNN Record tape: 08:32:09 I feel like I represent Israel of course, Israel and the Jews, but I represent all our neighbors and I hope it will continue to the whole world and our Middle East neighbors. Track: And to share their dreams with others… Christa Cuts tape 15 52:28 Oh, it's beautiful. The whole thing is so gorgeous, you just want to bring it back into the classroom for the kids. Bite: CNN Record tape: 08;59:22 The cause in which they died will continue. Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on. Track: For NH Outlook, I'm Richard Ager |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 2/03/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 26:46 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, we focus on the space shuttle Columbia. Tomorrow will be a day of remembrance in honor of the seven astronauts who died Saturday aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. We begin with an update just as NASA engineers begin the long process of figuring out why the space shuttle Columbia broke apart. The people of New Hampshire know all too well the magnitude of the Shuttle disaster. It was almost 17 years ago to the day that the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takefoff. Among those lost was the nation's first teacher in Space. Christa McCauliffe was a Concord High School teacher, whose legacy lives on in the planetarium named for her. Celene Ramadan show us how New Hampshire remembers. We also had a studio discussion on the learning that takes place is space with professors from UNH. And finally tonight, why do we spend our resources reaching into space? Producer Richard Ager looks at how that question was answered the last time the nation faced the loss of a space shuttle and its crew. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal, Celene Ramadan, Phil Vaughn, Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Ron Dittemore\Shuttle Program Manager, Gov. Rick Perry\R - Texas, Bob Cabana\Director, Flight Crew Operations, Sheriff Thomas Kerss\Nacogdoches, TX, Jeanne Gerulskis\Exec Dir, Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, Roy Riegel\Planetarium Educator, Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, Dr. Eberhard Moebius\UNH Professor - Inst for the Study of Earth, Oceans & Space, Lukas Saul \UNH Graduate Student, Dr. James Ryan\UNH Professor of Physics - Inst. for the Study of Earth, Oceans & Space, President George W. Bush, President Ronald Reagan, Mary Liscombe\Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center, Grace Corrigan\Christa McAuliffe's mother, Col. Ilan Ramon\Israeli Astronaut, Col. Ilan Ramon\Columbia crew member |
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Source: NASA --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- INVESTIGATORS HOPE TO GLEAN VALUABLE CLUES UPON VIEWING 32 SECONDS OF NEW DATA.INFORMATION RECORDED BY MISSION CONTROL COMPUTERS RIGHT AFTER CONTACT WITH COLUMBIA WAS LOST. NASA OFFICIALS SUNDAY DREW ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY CALLED A THERMAL EVENT ABOARD THE SHUTTLE.MINUTES BEFORE COLUMBIA DISINTEGRATED. OFFICIALS SAY SENSORS REGISTERED A TEMPERATURE SPIKE ON THE LEFT WING.FOLLOWED BY INCREASED DRAG ON THAT SIDE OF THE SPACECRAFT, WHICH CAUSED ITS ON-BOARD COMPUTER TO ROLL THE SHUTTLE TO THE RIGHT. DURING LIFTOFF JAN 16TH, OFFICIALS SAY ICE OR DEBRIS STRUCK THE LEFT WING OF COLUMBIA, POSSIBLY DAMAGING KEY POSITIONED TILES.BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO KNOW IF THAT EVENT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SHUTTLE'S BREAKUP. --sot-- we are leaving no stone unturned that we can poss find to get ot hte bottom and identify root cause and return to flying safely again. WHILE INVESTIGATORS PORED THROUGH DATA. MOURNERS POURED OUT THEIR HEARTS. A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO JOHNSON SPACE CENTER GREW BY THE HOUR. I just couldn't believe it. It was unfathomable. I remember where i was when it happened a few years back and here I am today again. |