Twenty-five years already. I was in the 4th grade and remember some students talking about it. I later went home and my mama asked if I saw what happened. I told her no and watched ABC News' live coverage on the TV. Very, very sad.
Just curious but why is space travel fraught with all sorts of conspiracy theories? Is it because it's so science fictiony that it can't be real? I know that's what it is.
It's interesting that NASA had the capability to remote detonate the SRB's when they were free flying after seperation, as well as to remotely change the fuel pressure in both tanks, among no doubt many other things, but had no remote or automatic ejection mechanism for the crew cabin (with a parachute to save them).
@s00zster As you should know, the crew cabin or capsule survived totally intact as it wasn't an explosion but rather hydrogen combustion. Video of the "explosion" confirms this. Four of the crew activated emergency oxygen and had masks on when their bodies were found also. So NASA was wrong about the unsurvivability of the crew in a catastrophic breakup.
Forget ejection seats (I never mentioned them). Why couldn't there be a crew capsule parachute? There would be room for that.
Yeah i Remember I'm from the uk it was live on children's cbbc kid show in the afternoon after 5pm uk time Remember Watching it i was just 8 then i was so shocked I've never seen or thinked that wound ever blow up its still in my hart all the flight team died upset me .god bless them all and all there familys. .R.I.P. sorry for my poor smallings .nick uk dorset south coast
I get you completely. There are just some events you remember and carry with you always. I'm glad I'm not the only one in the world who does and harbors those feelings.
5 years actually, and I turned 6 two weeks after. I may have been young, but it's still a conscious memory of mine. I hope you get when I said "I'm not the only one who harbors those feelings" I meant treasuring pieces of history I lived through.
I was only five years old, but I still remember my mother watching this CBS broadcast as I came home from kindergarten that day. I had no idea what had happened exactly, but I knew something was wrong. The whole thing still affects me to this day.
does anyone have any news clips from the day they discovered the bodies?
indyfan22k 1 year ago
Twenty-five years already. I was in the 4th grade and remember some students talking about it. I later went home and my mama asked if I saw what happened. I told her no and watched ABC News' live coverage on the TV. Very, very sad.
PelicanGuy 1 year ago
thats so messed up that the kids had to watch that...everyone really but esp the kids =/
sodamncutestud2 1 year ago
Just curious but why is space travel fraught with all sorts of conspiracy theories? Is it because it's so science fictiony that it can't be real? I know that's what it is.
kargaroc386 1 year ago
i thought sally ride died in that space shuttle!
8354151 2 years ago
It's interesting how close they came to nailing the cause.
mdr48371 2 years ago
It's interesting that NASA had the capability to remote detonate the SRB's when they were free flying after seperation, as well as to remotely change the fuel pressure in both tanks, among no doubt many other things, but had no remote or automatic ejection mechanism for the crew cabin (with a parachute to save them).
avidalocan 2 years ago
@avidalocan 7:25 gives the reasons why ejection seats weren't installed.
s00zster 2 years ago
@s00zster As you should know, the crew cabin or capsule survived totally intact as it wasn't an explosion but rather hydrogen combustion. Video of the "explosion" confirms this. Four of the crew activated emergency oxygen and had masks on when their bodies were found also. So NASA was wrong about the unsurvivability of the crew in a catastrophic breakup.
Forget ejection seats (I never mentioned them). Why couldn't there be a crew capsule parachute? There would be room for that.
avidalocan 2 years ago
This is not that bad
DisneyMousse 2 years ago
Yeah i Remember I'm from the uk it was live on children's cbbc kid show in the afternoon after 5pm uk time Remember Watching it i was just 8 then i was so shocked I've never seen or thinked that wound ever blow up its still in my hart all the flight team died upset me .god bless them all and all there familys. .R.I.P. sorry for my poor smallings .nick uk dorset south coast
lethalman3000 3 years ago
It was on Newsround if I remember correctly.
daro2096 2 years ago
I get you completely. There are just some events you remember and carry with you always. I'm glad I'm not the only one in the world who does and harbors those feelings.
MsCFantasic 3 years ago
Well, it was a big deal back then...
MSTS1 3 years ago
I know it was a big deal back then. I was there and I lived it. It still breaks my heart.
MsCFantasic 3 years ago
You were "there and I lived it". Weren't you 4 years old at that time? Just asking. I was in my mid 20s when I recorded this tape..
MSTS1 3 years ago
5 years actually, and I turned 6 two weeks after. I may have been young, but it's still a conscious memory of mine. I hope you get when I said "I'm not the only one who harbors those feelings" I meant treasuring pieces of history I lived through.
MsCFantasic 3 years ago
I was only five years old, but I still remember my mother watching this CBS broadcast as I came home from kindergarten that day. I had no idea what had happened exactly, but I knew something was wrong. The whole thing still affects me to this day.
MsCFantasic 3 years ago
I know what you mean. I was 15 when Columbia was lost and I'll never forget anything about that day.
nathanmoeller 3 years ago