A Different View of the Challenger Explosion

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Uploaded by on Jan 10, 2010

Good vid showing a typically unseen view of this horrific disaster. The anomaly at 4:10 may be an SRB nosecone on a parachute...

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  • didn't they know something was wrong weeks before the launch? and they just pushed it aside. Something like that

  • @saints093 All the boosters have the same design flaw. They should have redesigned the booster joint when it showed signs of problems years before.

  • What NASA should have done was replace the right solid rocket booster with a new one, and maybe Challenger wouldn't have exploded after liftoff, or waited until the weather was warmer to launch.

  • @deathrooster14 I remember after Columbia, the program did shut down for about 2 years.

  • Man, it's so sad. I was only 2 1/2, so I was too young to remember such a thing, but it still hits me just the same. I'll bet there wasn't a space shuttle liftoff after this that didn't have these images running through their mind hoping it didn't happen again. Did the voice at 1:39-40 say, "We have a problem?"

  • @IwshIcldstrtover The O ring failed before the shuttle was off the ground.

  • @IwshIcldstrtover Your welcome. I believe that this accident, along with Columbia, was the cause for the shut down of the space shuttle program.

  • @deathrooster14 Thanks for the description. No matter how many times I have seen this from different angles, it is always difficult to watch. You're right, they should hav cancelled the flight for sure.

  • @IwshIcldstrtover No, the problem was a damaged O ring on the right SRB which caused a heat build up that destroyed the structural supports. The Right SRB then careened into the fuel tank, causing the explosion. The O ring problem was due to cold weather. They postponed the launch 3 times. They should have cancelled it.

  • RIP. :(

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