Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L Launch And Explosion

On January 28, 1986 despite the warnings of engineers not to launch in freezing temperatures, NASA management chose to launch Space Shuttle Challenger. The result was the loss of 7 astronauts in a horrific explosion 73 seconds later when flames from a solid rocket booster leak from a cracked o-ring and burned through the main fuel tank. The solid rocket boosters remained intact after the explosion and continued on out of control before mission control sent a self destruct signal to them so they could not cause destruction on the ground.

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[yourjudgeandjury]

xxviciousbeautyxx and ZzRvXzZ are banned. i have had enough of your arguments. this is not a forum for your petty childish ways. if people want to argue extensively outside of the subject matter presented, take it to personal messaging.

[BleachBrothers08]

In my Popculture class they said that the explosion was caused by bad "o-rings" in the Rocket that lifted the shuttle

[yourjudgeandjury]

@BleachBrothers08 partially true. the freezing weather caused the o-ring in the right solid rocket booster to fail leading to the hot gases leaking through and burning through the main external fuel tank igniting the liquid oxygen & liquid hydrogen leading to the catastrophic explosion. Shuttle engineers and engineers that made the external tank and boosters warned NASA managers it was unsafe to launch and said the o-rings will fail in freezing weather.

[cottagechskitty]

I get chills whenever I hear "go with throttle up".

[yourjudgeandjury]

@cottagechskitty I still get tears when I hear the response, "Roger, go with throttle up."

[666Dominatice666]

The sad thing about what happened is that all that could have been prevented if NASA and the management team of the contractors of the booster rockets would have listened to their engineers. 7 ppl died for the almighty dollar.

[jonsadj7]

Major Malfunction.... YOU DONT SAY?.......

[funkybunny9966]

@jonsadj7 That's exactly what I was about to say.

[macrent2]

@jonsadj7 That was putting it very lightly!

[xxviciousbeautyxx]

@ZzRvXzZ You act like I'm 5 years old, I'm a damn adult and I'm not fucking stupid. It doesn't matter if their death was quick and painless, it's still upsetting that people lost their lives that didn't need to just like with all the other people that killed in the world or murdered. Are you happy about it? I would hope not. Again you are the one not understanding obviously, just leave it at that.

[ZzRvXzZ]

@xxviciousbeautyxx

Virgin kid...

hahahahhahhahahaaha I think you're too young to understand... time will teach you....

Their death was quick, and painless... why should i be sad about it?

[xxviciousbeautyxx]

@ZzRvXzZ Don't believe I was "crying" but YES I think it's said they died. I actually have heart and care about other unlike you pretty much saying it's no big deal, so what people died.

[ZzRvXzZ]

@xxviciousbeautyxx

are u jelly? because you're crying because they DIED>...

[xxviciousbeautyxx]

@ZzRvXzZ You shut the hell up since you were the one that HAD to reply to my comment. Also maybe you should grow up and get a life.