Deceased Israeli astronaut's diary goes on display in Jerusalem
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"Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend for the first time in Jerusalem.
The diary belonged to Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut and one of seven crew members killed when Columbia disintegrated upon re-entering the atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003. Part of the restored diary will be displayed at the Israel Museum beginning Sunday.
A little over two months after the shuttle explosion, NASA searchers found 37 pages from Ramon's diary, wet and crumpled, in a field just outside the U.S. town of Palestine, Texas.
"It's almost a miracle that it survived — it's incredible," Zalmona said. There is "no rational explanation" for how it was recovered when most of the shuttle was not, he said."
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Is this possibly the worlds biggest coincidence that the diary of an Israeli astronaut falls onto the Texan town of Palestine?
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- phillyharper
- 1 month ago
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I still can't get over the fact that there's a town called Palestine in Texas of all places.
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How creepy is this any way. I wonder how close the new border wall is to Palestine Texas.
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- kennymotown
- 1 month ago
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http://www.deanesmay.com/archives/000742.html
In 2003, according to a local, Palestine, Texas had more churches in the town per population density than any other city in the state of Texas.
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Letters from Heaven, that's the first thing I thought of. What an amazing story. It's things like this that make me wonder.
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A diary can suvive a impact, such as falling from the earth? and then taking the impact from the ground? Incredible..
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- metalcookiesxy70
- 1 month ago
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It's stories like these that really make me question if there is a higher order or master plan of the events that we live through.
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how did it not get burned in the atmosphere ?
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Wow. I wonder what it actually SAYS. And how ironic it fell in Palestine, Texas.
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Im all for miracles, however I highly doubt the diary fell through space.
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he is a fallen soldier in the name of science: respect him and his fellow colleagues.
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might've just been another botched federal express delivery??
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- pressrecord
- 1 month ago
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Anyone believe in miracles? I do. The widow would have known if it were false.
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- arcticspirit
- 1 month ago
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I call shenanigans! This is just like those like those passports they just happened to find at the Pentagon and the WTC rubble.
Reeks of feelgood nationalistic propaganda to me.
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Sounds strange that his dairy was persevered. Is it a wonder I don't know. Finding an ancient book of Psalms in an Irish Bog Site persevered and opened to the scriptures concering Israel and Lebanon during the 2nd Lebanese War sounds more like a wonder. Ilan Ramon's dairy probably would be intresting having also served in the IAF and carried out Operation Opera in Iraq.
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It's weird that something like that survives. An an Isreili astronaut's diary found in a place called Palestine, Texas. And the shuttle itself does NOT survive. Does anyone else see the irony in that? I am guessing we all do.
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How in the hell did the diary survive the ship burning up?
