NASA - Space Shuttle - Columbia Break-up flight Footage

[RandomthingIIike]

I think it's an honor to be incinerated at thousands of miles an hour in the name of science.

That is, quiet literally, how I want to die.

[ANOTHERHOLEINYOHEAD]

They need to stop sending people into space. Its not worth it.

[SunFlightx]

@ANOTHERHOLEINYOHEAD it was worth it to the scientists who knowingly risked their lives to advance our knowledge

[ANOTHERHOLEINYOHEAD]

@SunFlightx I couldnt disagree more. If I could I would gladly trade the knowledge we have obtained for the lives of those individuals in this disaster. I feel the same way about the victims of the 1986 challenger disaster as well. I am sure you would feel differently if your loved ones were thinking of going into space.

[04buddy]

thats why im a firm believer that god put us on this earth to stay here.we wasnt supposed to get on rocket fueled shuttles and go where ya cant live.we are supposed to keep our behinds on the ground.

[pyrannah]

@04buddy Humanity strives to become gods. Accidents happen, determination will keep us going, and the weak will be left behind. It's our destiny to do whatever we want to do.

[Pilotnaut]

@pyrannah

Too right!

theres a whole tonne of science and not enough god to facilitate humans ever considering we shouldn't venture into the stars, take mars for example... thats a place that needs to be explored.

[GoongalaGoongala]

@04buddy Your God is a myth. And if it were real I'd never worship it because it has shown itself to be mean and vindictive, a hate filled being with an ego to match. Your God, if it exists would best be described as an evil entity.

[Boy75402]

@GoongalaGoongala

Well said.

[RandomthingIIike]

@GoongalaGoongala ATHEIST WARRIOR HERE, LOOK OUT! It's be less pathetic if you actually said anything about the video.

[sparviero142]

2000 years of history and you don't learn noting

[D0nie11]

they are big stars

[kuribayashi84]

A month ago, ironically on the 24th of December (at about half past six in the Evening) a Sojuz Rocketbooster re-entried the Atmosphere over Germany. I've seen it with my own eyes, and it eerily reminded me of the Pictures of the Columbia-Desaster.

[TheHulkman88]

no there is more footage inside the cabin before it was dissolved in fire. and they did pretty much died from the exploding mess. The cabin is one of the most vulnerable parts on a shuttle

[PInk77W1]

Willie McCool........ pilot........RIP

[sal6487]

i remember this i stay in east texas i was getting ready for saturday school when i heard the explosion I went outside but didnt think to look up. I didnt find out until later that day

[jhibbitt1]

what caused this to happen?

[clintonearlwalker]

@jhibbitt1 A chunk of foam broke away from the external fuel tank on liftoff and put a hole in the leading edge of the left wing. When it came back to Earth, I guess the heat caused the left wing to fail, they lost control and it disintegrated.

[AGrandt]

@jhibbitt1 What happened?

The conclusion were that a refrigerator sized chunk of foam broke off the main tank during liftoff, and hit the leading edge of the left wing, creating a hole through that part of the heat protection.

During re-entry the the hot plasma created by the friction of the air could then get inside the wing, which is mostly made of aluminium. The result were that the wing eventually broke off and the shuttle lost stability.

[humanidt]

@AGrandt it was a suitcase sized chunk. and they beleive teh astronauts did not die in the disintegration, because it was not an explosion. they beleive that they were concious when the crew cabin was seperated because one of the knobs was pulled, and it could not happen unless a person pulls it

[amgen52]

@humanidt Pulls what kind of knob ? If you are talking about some kind of knob to separate the crew module, it does not exist. There is not such a knob...

[humanidt]

@amgen52 the knob doesnt seperate it. idk what it does, but i beleive they pull it incase of emergency. so the astronauts were aware of a malfunction atleast long enough to pull it

[amgen52]

@humanidt No, there's no emergency knob. I'd like to help you figure it out but you will have to be more specific. The only thing they were aware of was a low tire pressure master alarm. Of course there is nothing they could do for that. Most every flight has multiple warnings and alarms that are handled and fixed in different ways but not one knob to pull in an emergency.

[TheHulkman88]

@AGrandt actually it was 100% environmentalists fault. A peice of foam did break off but it wasnt the problem, which ppl might think it is, as they came in at the wrong angle which is about 98% going to happen but every other time we came in we had "huston" help guide them thru at the right specific angle. You may come to the conclusion that the foam was a factor in this, as well as positioning

[MrRuizhewu]

要奋斗就会有牺牲

[VladimirG1986]

God bless every astronaut and pilots.

[Frenious]

@VladimirG1986

God fucked them, actually

[spoonmonkey14]

God bless their soul. 

[Frenious]

@spoonmonkey14

could have blessed them by NOT having them die a fiery death.

[howardgreenwood]

@Frenious Some are blessed more equally than others ;) good comment btw. I thought i was alone. read and listen to Christopher Hitchens.

[Frenious]

@howardgreenwood

Hitchens is amazing. He will be sorely missed.

[Rockets010101]

God bless them.

[ericsantiago011]

they died?

[TheCatchFilms]

@ericsantiago011 seriously?

[TheMessiersAndromeda]

@ericsantiago011

Of couse they died, moron.

[arisontube]

@ericsantiago011 are you fucking serious?

[boricuatodabone]

@ericsantiago011 no shit sherlock thats a no brainer 

[spoonmonkey14]

@ericsantiago011

Dude, you ever read the report on Wikipedia?

[BoneBone2012]

i remember that day i live in north texas and they had a fbi and nasa thing set up, pretty crazy

[incroyableverite]

for me five stars!* thanks