Actually Columbia was nearly 30 years old. Since it was also a heavily
computerized piece of equipment, it clearly falls within the Classiccmp
realm. It is also natural to want to discuss something tragic like
this with a community of people you're used to.
On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 11:43 PM, John Willis wrote:
> Some of us are using very slow dial-up connections with even
> more cumbersome web interfaces. The occasional off-topic post
> is OK but this has gone way too far. I've gotten three additional
> "pages"
> of mail headers due to this thread-just today.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sellam Ismail
> Sent: Sun 2/2/2003 10:42 PM
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: Columbia
>
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Eric Dittman wrote:
>
>>>> ...for that matter, only 2 complete craft/crew losses for the
> shuttle
>>>> program in over 20 years; and including these, only *3* complete
> craft/crew
>>>> losses in a space program that's run for nearly 35 years? That's
> still a
>>>> damned good record in anyone's book, regardless of what the
> detractors may
>>>> say... Name me an aircraft or series of aircraft who can make
> the same
>>>> claim. (Noogies for the person who can name the *1* airliner that
> comes
>>>> closest to beating this record...)
>>>
>>> Southwest Airlines.
>>
>> Southwest Airlines is an airline, not airliner. He was asking
>> for a model of passenger airplane.
>
> Got it. But they still have the best commercial record of any
> (US-based
> at least) airline ;)
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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