Interesting photo of Columbia

[Civilian]

Thanks to dictionary.com for the translation

http://www.corriere.it/Media/Foto/20...3--240x180.jpg

Jerusalem - the Israeli daily paper Maariv has published a photo of the Shuttle Columbia released during the fifth day of its tragic mission, that it could try the existence of two important leaks on its to the left. NASA, 48 hours before the tragedy, had distributed a famous inner that informed of a damaging to edge.

The Image - the release has been gained to leave from the resumptions of a television camera that was found to edge of the small boat, and that it has been used in occasion of one telephone call between the first Israeli minister Ariel Sharon and Ilan colonel Ramon, the first astronaut of Jerusalem.

The TELEPHONE CALL - During the conversation, Ramon has intentional to share with Sharon the show of the Earth seen from the space. The television camera then has framed the Planet and leaves of the Shuttle, comprised the left wing and those that today seem to be two long fissures. The Israeli newspaper it supports that " even if to NASA they were shrewed of the leaks, could not have made null in order to save the crew ".

http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/C...03/crepe.shtml

[Civilian]

Oops, wrong forum

[Hamma]

I was under the impression they could not get the pictures of the tank - they were taken in the form of a stil photo, somthing that could not be downlinked.

I believe this is false..

[Navaron]

I know nasa has telescopic cameras here on earth it uses to film and shoot the shuttle, and photographic satallites. I don't know if the satellites could be used to take that pic though. I doubt they could focus out enough.........

[Hamma]

Yea that looks far to good..

[Mtx]

Originally posted by {BOHICA}Navaron
I know nasa has telescopic cameras here on earth it uses to film and shoot the shuttle, and photographic satallites. I don't know if the satellites could be used to take that pic though. I doubt they could focus out enough.........

Actually I took that picture with a disposable camera. I was on my way back to the planet and just decided to snap a few shots of the shuttle.

[Civilian]

Sorry about the double posts Hamma

[Unregistered]

I heard a NASA spokesman on the news this morning that they had the Department of Defence use a spy satelite to look at the shuttle to make sute the damage was not to bad.

I say the pic is a fake.

[Hamma]

Yea, in the briefing that is going on now, supposedly they got pics. But I dont think its been released

[diluted]

'course it's fake. its a picture of the hull - and from the angle and zoom it doesnt fit. besides they said damage to left wing not hull.

[Mtx]

The problem with the US space program is we over sophisticate everything. Things become so complex that simple tasks become extremely expensive and timely.

The Russains had a good space program. They were the first in space and I don't care what anyone thinks.... no one EVER landed on the moon. If we had landed on the moon we would have a moon base there.

[Sputty]

You're joking about that right?

[Hamma]

mtx, you just lost me there bro

[Mtx]

I was just looking to get a rise out of someone. I've been relatively nice lately and I don't want to lose my "mensa troll" statis.

[Hamma]