Halfway through. Very cool footage and lots of background on the O ring problem.
Figured the engineers on board would definitely like it.
Figured the engineers on board would definitely like it.
Anyone watching Challenger series on Netflix
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I am at the same spot as you. Watched the first two. I was a Freshman at PSU when it happened. I never realized how much they actually knew about the problems before the accident. Of course, it's always easier to see in hindsight.
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That is one day most of us will never forget. I was in a 4th grade classroom at the time and I can remember it like it was yesterday.
Let me know how you like it after you finish it.
Let me know how you like it after you finish it.
Thanks for the heads up. I have not watched this, but would be very interested. I dont know if they go there, but ...n 1986, the Kittiwake recovered the black box from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.[1]
They sank the Kittiwate in Grand Cayman, I have gotten to dive on her many times!! Cant wait to see her again!
They sank the Kittiwate in Grand Cayman, I have gotten to dive on her many times!! Cant wait to see her again!
'I felt exactly how you would feel if you were getting ready to launch and knew you were sitting on top of 2 million parts — all built by the lowest bidder on a government contract.’
— Attributed to John Glenn
— Attributed to John Glenn
“Friend of a friend” thing. Guy I knew hunted a lot out west. Knew one of the top engineers where they tested the rockets......Utah or Idaho....don’t remember which. The guy felt so terrible about it he killed himself.
Just saw the 3rd episode out of 4 which ends with the explosion. Brutal. Peter Billingsley of a Christmas Story was head of the Young Astronaut program and was there at 15 years old watching - episode ends with him having the classic 1000 yard stare thinking about it.
I remember being in a dorm room with about 8 people on my hall in shock
I’ve watched only the first two as well. Very interesting. Of course, I have a little extra vested interest. One of my teachers was one of the final ten: Niki Wenger. I was in junior high at the time and she had left to train at NASA.
I remember that day well. We were supposed to have a big assembly to watch the launch, but instead/luckily we had a snow day. My siblings and I were watching it when it happened. Afterwards, Mrs. Wenger came back and they did news pieces with her, and they filmed us as we watched the launch. Not exactly how you want to spend a day in class.
I remember that day well. We were supposed to have a big assembly to watch the launch, but instead/luckily we had a snow day. My siblings and I were watching it when it happened. Afterwards, Mrs. Wenger came back and they did news pieces with her, and they filmed us as we watched the launch. Not exactly how you want to spend a day in class.
Watched it. I was moved by the life of Christa McAuliffe. She was a very special person.
Well done series, but while all the blame rightfully went to NASA, I wish they had mentioned additional pressure from the White House to launch on time. If the launch went off as originally scheduled, the astronauts would have been back in time to appear in person at Reagan's State of the Union address. Because of delays, the plan was for Reagan to place a call to the astronauts in space. It was way too cold to launch that day, though the o-rings might have failed anyway because of previous problems.
Christa McAuliffe's daughter is friends with our friends. We go boating and to the movies with her every now and then.
I watched the whole thing and thought it was really well done. I did some further reading on it afterwards. One thing I was surprised to learn was that there's evidence the astronauts were not killed in the explosion and died when they hit the water almost 3 minutes later. The crew capsule and bodies were recovered from the ocean floor. I had always assumed everything was just obliterated in the sky.
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My experience as well; remember the teacher wheeling in the TV so we could all sit there and watch. Very surreal.
There was some debate if they survived the conclusion of the blast and were they conscious. It exploded at 48,000’ and then continued to climb to 68,000’....did they have oxygen? Did they suffer from rapid decompression? Some indicators they were alive and alert are that three personal air packs were activated. And several breaker switches were flipped despite them having a locking system.
Two guys came off real bad . Treated the whole thing like the 7 were just collateral damage - Lucas and the NASA lead who had that craggy face. The Morton Thiokol engineers - at least the grunts - really impressed me.
I loved how the General, Feynman and Sally Ride all outflanked Rogers who was trying to game the verdict - he was left no choice when NASA got eviscerated by the evidence
I loved how the General, Feynman and Sally Ride all outflanked Rogers who was trying to game the verdict - he was left no choice when NASA got eviscerated by the evidence
They didn't mention pressure from the WH because there wasn't any. The pressure to launch came from within NASA. NASA had asked the WH to participate because they wanted to generate some post-launch PR.
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