Landing of Discovery

[spdeshwal]

Let us all pray for the safe landing of the space shuttle Discover!
This is Monday morning 8am here in New Zealand and I m watching the Morning TV news. The news reader has just announced with some anxiety that Discover can any moment now enter the Earth's atmosphere, a crucial moment in its journey back home


May God bless all the Crew Members

[vikramlal]

this topic has been brought up I was wondering about the

Indian woman astronaut who died in the last expedition. Her name was Kalpana

Chawla and they said she was from Haryana. Was she a jat

[spdeshwal]

Another day in orbit for discovery and likly to land tomorrow same time.

hey Vikram, kalpana Chawla was born and brought up in a punjabi bamily of karnal, haryana

[punia]

this topic has been brought up I was wondering about the

Indian woman astronaut who died in the last expedition. Her name was Kalpana

Chawla and they said she was from Haryana. Was she a jat

She was not Jat. She was from Karnal, working with NASA with her Husband.

[poonam]

Shuttle landed safely in CA. ...Supposed to land in Florida but due to bad weather there NASA decided for landing in California.

Once again its proved that 'nature' is invincible. Nevertheless scienctific brains made it victorious.

[spdeshwal]

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS NEWS ABOUT THE SCHOOL WHERE KALPANA DID HER SCHOOLING.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050810/haryana.htm#3

[ravichaud]

Great to hear wonderful thoughts and sentiments. Both for the safe return of the Shuttle Crew and one of our own who will be remembered as a true Space Pioneer. Well done.
Ravi

[haryanajat]

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS NEWS ABOUT THE SCHOOL WHERE KALPANA DID HER SCHOOLING.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050810/haryana.htm#3
Kalpana chawla - studied in us from a texas university. She married an american hippie soon thereafter, probably just to stay in us. Then when she was send first time on shuttle she made a mistake by letting a small satellite or some other important equipment drift into space. Other astronauts had to walk in space and do acrobatics to catch that thing.
I wonder why she was selected again to go to another mission?
just some facts. :)

[ravichaud]

"married an american hippie"
- fact? No. Conjecture on your part.

"probably just to stay in us"
- fact? No. No. Most Astronauts aren't on the verge of deportation.

"Then when she was send first time on shuttle she made a mistake by letting a small satellite and some other important equipment drif into space"

- fact? Wrong again. A 5 month NASA Safety Investigation exonerated her of any wrong doing. No other hardware was involved. 6 strikes and you're out.

"Other astronauts had to walk in space and do acrobatics to catch that thing.
I wonder why she was selected again to go to another mission?"
-Keep wondering Buzz Lightyear.

"just some facts"

- I highly recommend you research your facts before you call them fact, especially when your thesis is to cut into renown Space Pioneers on international forums. Especially ones that have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Try a simple yahoo search before hitting "send." But before that, get a grip and realize this was a salute to Kalpana and the crew of STS-107, not a breakdown of her resume.

[spdeshwal]

Thanks Ravi ji' for the information!

And also for the advise that we should do some home work and find the facts and not to make a rush in replying a thread.

[sumitdaheya]

I went to the same university as Ms. Chawla. Her husband indeed was a hippie. I remember him speaking in the convention hall about his hippie lifestyle. We don't know the real reasons why they married but he talked about how she married him only a year or so after she came here. I am not aware that she went to another mission before the columbia disaster.