3 Feb
2003
3 Feb
'03
5:29 a.m.
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(a)classiccmp.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: Columbia
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Eric Dittman wrote:
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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>> ...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.