Am I the only one who hadn’t heard this about the space shuttle Challenger?

Jul 22, 2021
9:36:49pm

BYU'01 All-American

Challenger crew likely survived explosion before tragic plunge to earth

The launch seemed snakebitten from the start and was hit with multiple delays, including an attempt on Jan. 26, 1986, that was scrubbed due to rain.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/19/challenger-crew-likely-survived-explosion-before-fatal-plummet/

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Am I the only one who hadn’t heard this about the space shuttle Challenger?

BYU'01

7/22/21 9:36pm

Dunno, but it makes me sick thinking about it.

LiveCoug

7/22/21 9:38pm

That has been a pretty well-known fact and not a very

Carnac

7/22/21 9:39pm

They sent a car into space?

Cougar Junkie

7/22/21 9:39pm

Ummm.....somebody didn't see F9

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

7/22/21 9:40pm

RE: They sent a car into space?

Yiowa

7/22/21 9:41pm

I said a car, not a Tesla!

Cougar Junkie

7/22/21 9:42pm

I had heard it before. Whether they were conscious is another story.

Yiowa

7/22/21 9:40pm

Article said reserve oxygen had been turned on for three astronauts

BYU'01

7/22/21 9:47pm

Sad.

Yiowa

7/22/21 9:50pm

It was known but it seemed to me at the time that it was too gruesome to

DirtyWater

7/22/21 9:44pm

I had heard this before.

Future_Tacos

7/22/21 9:45pm

You can read the very very detailed report about the entire crash. Fascinating

Kauai

7/22/21 9:49pm

Had no idea. Wow

Adrielle

7/22/21 9:50pm

There's an excellent book called Truth, Lies and O-rings by Al McDonald. He was

Dread Pirate Westley

7/22/21 9:52pm

Every engineer that works on things that can kill people should read this book.

Setpoint

7/22/21 10:18pm

All of the Thiokol engineers were against the launch but bullied by

Peter Venkman

7/22/21 10:22pm

I hadn't heard that about Al. We could use more people like him.

Dread Pirate Westley

7/22/21 10:25pm

Yeah, we sure could.

Peter Venkman

7/22/21 10:34pm

Fell for two minutes back to earth. Wow.

YIsForBrigham

7/22/21 10:01pm

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JuicyJam

7/22/21 11:36pm

Netflix has a great series about Challenger. I had no idea it was so preventable

Challenger crew likely survived explosion before tragic plunge to earth

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