Mixed thoughts on posting this.
Unsure where the voreism starts and the strong desire to be a helpful part
of something one can forever not be a helpful part of.

If this is, as it claims to be it is video footage taken over Sparks, Nevada
some 7 minutes prior to Columbia's final breakup, and clearly shows
something leaving the Orbiter with a significant flash. If this tape is
genuine then authorities will presumably be searching in that area for what
could well be the most significant piece of evidence available.

        Russell McMahon

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> Had not seen any posts on this yet.  It was taken by an amateur
> astronomer in NM.
> It appears to show the first stages of the break up.
>
> http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2003/02/01/33451.php
>
> Leif

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Wow!  This would appear to be one of the first pieces, perhaps the initial
one before the shuttle broke up, exactly when the first instrument went off
scale forward of the left wing root.  Since Columbia's passing Venus, one
should be able to map a fairly small search area for the piece that fell
off.

By my boe calculations it's pretty close to seven minutes from Sparks to
Nacogdoches.  Anybody have an ephemeris handy, along with a fairly good lat
and long for Sparks?  One could estimate scale with a little info on the
guy's camera.

Dave Klingler

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