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Jul 22, 2021
9:44
:28
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DirtyWater
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It was known but it seemed to me at the time that it was too gruesome to
talk about much on the public airwaves. It was a different time pre-internet.
People preferred to believe a quick and painless death for the crew.
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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
morningcalmcougar
7/23/21 7:50am
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