European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 j the stars and stripes Friday january 31,1966 ships and planes searching for shuttle debris from Page 1 Ever we be seen n lot of Small  the Crew apparently had no warning. We a Mac no indication that the com Mander had any sense of anything wrong said William Graham Nasa s acting administrator the spacecraft was Raveling Ai More than twice the Speed of sound at 47,000 feel which is at the Boundary of the stratosphere where there arc physical changes  As optical and visual phenom Ena and Shock wave Graham said the ship s two solid fuel rocket boosters which could be seen heading away from he fireball and forming a huge v shaped Trail in the sky were deliberately destroyed by the Range safely officer. There was an indication one at the Sal ids was heading for a populated area and he took he Correct action Graham said. After a Normal launch the boosters drop off the shuttle fuel Lank Parachute into the Ocean and arc recovered by waiting ships. Their condition had they been intact might have helped solve the incredible Jig saw Puzzle confronting the space Agency. The officials reiterated that there will be a More shuttle flights until investigating teams have made their report and corrective actions Are taken i want to assure you As others Hove including the president of the United Stales that this Iota will not Stop us As americans from exploring the frontiers  and the frontiers of space said Graham. The space shuttle is our principal space transportation system he said. It will re main our principal space transportation sys tem far the foreseeable future. Moore said an interim investigating Board is meeting almost continually Utida forming teams to investigate different aspects of he Accident. A formal Board including representatives of the space Industry and the air Force will be convened later. Eight ships including four coast guard cutters and nine planes searched the 50-by 100-mile rectangle where challenger s wreck age fell. Coast guard la. Cmdr. Jim Simpson said most of the debris is in  Small pieces that it was loaded on a single 82-foot Culler. The search area is 50 to 130 mile South East of Cape canaveral and the water is 70 to 200 feet deep. Although the explosion occurred 10 Miles High and g Miles South East of the launch pad the shuttle s nearly 1,300-Mph momentum propelled the wreck age much farther Over water. The debris will be examined in a hangar at nearby Patrick fab. John Osborn professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue University and a rocket expert for 35 years speculated on what might have happened after he viewed slow motion videotape of the fiery blast. After the explosion i see a Normal exhaust pattern and an intact solid Booster i see a Central Cloud and two contrails he said. This indicates there s no problem with the solids. They showed this thing in slow motion and 1 see a red hash dear the location of one of the bulkheads in the liquid Lank. My Only conclusion is that something apparently happened 10 the liquid oxygen and liquid Hydro Gen probably the liquid Hydrogen because its aft and it will Burn in any pro  the investigation could Lake months just As i did after America s Only other space pro Gram tragedy the launch pad fire that lulled three Apollo astronauts 19 years ago this week. The Apollo fire which came during a test grounded astronauts for 22 months Scobee Rucsnik America s second woman in space Mcnair the nation s second Black astronaut and Onizuka a japanese Ameri can were making their second shuttle flights Jarvis an employee of Hughes aircraft was on the trip to conduct fluid dynamics Icsis Jac Toped by his company. Meanwhile coast guard officials warned souvenir Hunters wednesday not to touch any wreckage they might find. We re especially concerned about a Small Green canister said a coast. Guard Boatswain s mate who would not give his name. You d be dead in two seconds if you touched  coast guard chief Felly officer Stuart Vardre acknowledged the existence of the canister but declined to say what was in it Nasa spokesman Jim Mizell said he was not sure what was in the Green Cylinder but he said it could be a Small fuel Lank or an unexploded Detonator. Kennedy space Center director Richard Smith issued a plea that anyone finding pieces of the shuttle assist the investigation by immediately notifying authorities. He said several people had discovered washed up debris and reported it. About 600 pounds of debris was brought to port canaveral wednesday afternoon aboard the Point Roberts a coast guard patrol boat. It. John Philbin commander of the Point Roberts said much of debris appeared to be a tight Green Metal probably aluminium. He said there were no personal items  As clothing there was n lot of debris but most of it was Small pieces of Metal said Philbin who said his ship was he first into the area where the debris fell. Philbin was part of a Small army of searchers combing la deep Blue water off i Central Florida. I i Don t know the exact number but there Are hundreds of people possibly As Many As 1,000, actively involved m the search said Jim Simpson spokesman for the offshore search and Rescue Mission. The offshore search was being coordinated by the coast guard operations Center at Miami. The Navy ships involved in the search Are the Fri Gules Underwood and Aubrey Rich. And destroyers Semmes and Sampson Simp son said. Representing the coast guard Are cutters Dallas and dauntless the buoy tender Sweet gum and the Point Roberts a patrol Craft. I the Swec gum tins a Boom of my Large debris we might find Simpson said. Mourn from Page 1 room loudspeakers and heard the horrified reaction of spectators at Kennedy space Center. I could t believe it. It seemed unreal,1 recalled 10-year-old Liza Moscovice. I could hear the screams of agony Over the Loudspeaker the crying and moaning. I could their faces and i could feel what they must have been reeling. It was terrible. Why did All these Good people have to die Why now Why them it was like a Nightmare come  residents of several slates including Illi Nois Indiana and new Mexico were urged to turn on their porch lights for 12 hours starting at 7 . Wednesday to Honor the challenger Crew. The Perch tight Vigil originally was in tended to Honor Mcauliffe As part of a nationwide Effort promoted by stale school superintendents. It was to have taken place on the eve of meal life s lesions from space to symbolize the illumination of teaching and learning. Mike Brasher general manager of Kane pm a Public radio station oper ated by Albuquerque Public schools was the Man who suggested live lessons from space for school children. Brasher said he was sickened when he saw the shuttle explode but said i Hope that they la try again and have another teacher go up in  on Wall Street trading stopped tickers froze and the shouts of traders faded away when a Bell clanged twice at 11 . Signal ing a minute of silence. Similar Observance were held at the american Stock Exchange the new York commodity Exchange the new York and Chicago mercantile exchanges and the Chicago Board options Exchange. At the University of Oklahoma students planned a candlelight Vigil thursday night. Most of the families of the challenger seven resumed to Houston but remained in seclusion wednesday with Nasa guards outside their Homes As friends and col league from the space Community sought to Comfort them. Mcauliffe s parents and siblings re turned to the family Home in Framingham mass., under heavy Security wednesday. They re coping very Well and trying to get their lives Back in order. They re trying to relax a Little bit said Linda Long a Nasa representative who accompanied the family from Florida. In Florida motorists drove with their headlights on along the coast near Cape canaveral and officials announced plans to name a new elementary school in the area after Mcauliffe also named Brevard county s honorary teacher of the year. At James Madison Middle school in to Luskville fla., students planted an Oak tree for each of the seven who died aboard Chal Lenger Suni patriotic songs and listened to poems about space. In Concord n.h., teachers and students cried openly and expressed anger sadness and disbelief Over Mcauliffe s death. Twenty five psychologists guidance Counselor and therapists went into the Public schools to help the 4.500 students ease their grief Over the death of Llie Hometown space teacher it affects every child in the country that saw a said John Reinhardt coordinator of school psychology and guidance programs for the Concord school District. We Are trying to encourage them to be open and honest and to understand that time heals All wounds he said. More than 350 people jammed St. John the evangelist roman Catholic Church in Concord for a tearful evening memorial service for Mcauliffe. Christa led us in life and in death said the Rev. Richard lower. She led her Stu dents to the threshold of their own minds. She led us to the threshold of outer space and on to the face of  a Washington lawyer established a Trust fund for contributions to Benefit the children program from Page 1 Little scientific value. Putting men on the Moon was probably the greatest bit of exploration in the history of Mankind Ney said. I have All kinds of respect for that achievement but not for putting up a transporter to haul junk and people who Are  ate Roland a military historian at Duke University in North Carolina said i Haven t seen yet a compelling argument for manned spaceflight almost any Mission you can think of we can design a machine la do. The Cost and the safety of unmanned space flight Are  astrophysicist David Brin a member of the California space Institute at the University of California san Diego said tues Day that the danger of manned space night always has been present defenders of the shuttle program in Congress have always known thai something like today s tragedy would happen he said. Rep. Jerry Lewis r-culif., who serves on the House appropriations subcommittee which oversees Nasa s budget said the disaster should t jeopardize the shuttle program in the Long run. America s future has always been with the horizons and space to me has just been the next fron tier Lewis said. The More immediate future of the shuttle program Nasa planned the busiest year Ever in i9b6 with is launching was at Best severely disrupted by the destruction of the Chal Ragir. The schedule included the launch in May of two science probes during shuttle flights. The Ulysses satellite set for launch on May is was to gather data for a major scientific study of Jupiter another satellite called Galileo was to be launched from the space shuttle Atlantis on May 21 and become the first Man made object to orbit the solar poles. Also wrecked Are Nasa s plans to study Halley s Camel. A special camera and satellite aboard challenger were to gather data on the Comet As its neared the Sun. In March another Comet study was planned aboard the Columbia. Another major loss will be the Likely delay in the planned oct. 27 launch of a Telescope that is the most powerful astronomy instrument Ever built for use in orbit. Also planned for 1986 was the first launch of a shuttle from Vandenberg fab in California. The discovery Mission that was tentatively planned for july would have flown Over both of Earth s poles. Astrophysicist Brin said the next step tie expects Nasa to take air the investigation is to push the construction of a fifth shuttle. It would be built out of major spare parts which have already been manufactured. Nasa spokeswoman Barbara Schwartz said no decision has been made on whether to construct another arbiter. Of the challenger seven and the us. Space foundation established a fund in their Mem Ory with proceeds going toward a new shuttle. 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