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AnimeSpirit · 03-06-2007, 04:35 PM

I stand corrected. However, Wikipedia says this shuttle mission failed during re-entry, not while it was still in space. Therefore, I'll rephrase my original comment. "We have never actually lost an American in space," is what I meant. All failed missions either blew in the atmosphere or didn't take off at all.

You are right though, Joe, it was in space and did not make it back. But the astronauts still weren't in space when it happened.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_S...umbia_disaster

03-06-2007, 04:35 PM	#16
AnimeSpirit SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nowhere Age: 41 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 261	I stand corrected. However, Wikipedia says this shuttle mission failed during re-entry, not while it was still in space. Therefore, I'll rephrase my original comment. "We have never actually lost an American in space," is what I meant. All failed missions either blew in the atmosphere or didn't take off at all. You are right though, Joe, it was in space and did not make it back. But the astronauts still weren't in space when it happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_S...umbia_disaster