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All onboard systems are green. Give me your educated guess, Harry, Warfield prompted. All air-supply readings are normal, Landon replied. That means no toxic contaminants. No smoke, no fire, no gases. What about food poisoning? Warfield suggested. Could it be something as mundane as that? The crew would have More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes been having their first meal. But kryptos sculpture

if all the food were contaminated, I doubt that the poison could have spread so quickly--- or virulently. What about the payload? This wasnt a classified flight. The Spacelab had the usual menagerie of frogs, insects, and mice to be used More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes for experiments... But what, Harry? Landon double-checked the experiments schedule. Megan Olson was slated nj turnpike accident

begin work on Legionnaires disease. Thats the only bug in the program. She never got started on it. Could the bug have filtered out somehow? Chances are ten thousand to one that it did. We More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes have all sorts of sensors to detect a leak in the Biorack. But lets say it did. Legionnaires shel silverstein poems

work that fast. Whatever killed the crew did so in a matter of minutes. For a moment there was silence. I know its not my area of expertise, Warfield More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes said finally. But if you carve away the other possibilities, it still sounds to me like a bug got loose. Off the record, Im tempted kryptos sculpture

agree with you, Landon replied. But I wouldnt go planting that idea in the presidents mind. Right now, we just dont More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes know. The president will have questions, Warfield said heavily. I think you know what the first one will be. Landon closed his eyes. This is the procedure, Rich. During launch, the range shel silverstein poems

officer tracks the flight. His finger is never far from the destruct button. If anything More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes goes wrong, well... You remember Challenger? After the external tank blew and the shuttle exploded, the solid rocket boosters kept going. The RSO brought them down. The shuttle has a destruct sequence that can be activated by tummy tubs

when its on its way down. At that point, More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes its still far enough out that if we had to, we could blow it up without any danger to the population below. Landon paused. Rich, when you tell him this, remind him that hes the one who has to give that order. All right, seekbang

Let me pass More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes along what we have so far. Dont be surprised if he calls you direct. The minute I know more, Ill let you know, Landon said. Harry, last thing: can we bring the shuttle down on autopilot? Hell, we can bring a seven-forty-seven down that way. The question is, More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes will we want to? Landons ufl football

call went to the range safety officer, who had already been apprised of the emergency. Landon explained as much as he could, then added that the original duration of this mission had been eight days. Clearly thats not the case anymore, he More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes said. Its not a question of if but when we mi lottery

her down. And once shes in range? the RSO asked quietly. Then well see. Landon continued down the list, which included calls to General Richardson and Anthony Price. In addition to being the air force chief of staff, More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes Richardson was also codirector of the Space Security Division, which was responsible for identifying and monitoring tummy tubs

that was either approaching earth or in orbit around it. As head of the National Security Agency, Price was on the list because the shuttle sometimes flew classified missions More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes sponsored by the NSA. Every time he finished a call, Landon looked around, hoping that one of his people would have some news kentucky fried chicken

him. He recognized this as the gesture of a desperate man; under the circumstances, any conversation he might have been having would have More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes been interrupted if contact with the shuttle had been reestablished. For the next two hours, Landon continued to work the phones. He was grateful that at least for now, kansas speedway

didnt have to deal with the media. Many in NASA resented the fact that shuttle flights were More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Texes now considered so mundane that coverage was not warranted. During the ill-fated Challenger launch, CNN had been the sole network providing live feed. Today, only NASA cameras had recorded Disco.

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