First Shuttle launch Columbia 1981
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Uploaded by bobcnn1 on Apr 18, 2009
Network coverage of first shuttle launch April 12, 1981.
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The SRB's make shuttle look very crude, like a old car running on bad gas. I was really surprised that they decided to use Solid Rocket fuel which technologically is older and less advanced than its liquid counterpart. We need a vehicle like Soyuz which is very graceful, more advanced, reliable, safe, and 1/15th the cost.
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HOLY CRAP...watched this on a tiny tv screen in a dorm at PennState....all that smoke we thought it blew up...wow what a feeling when it cleared the launch pad!!!
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I would kill to be present at this launch. Absolutely awe-inspiring
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this whole scene revolved around what 'should' happen. science is amazing.
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@23supermac I get goosebumps watching every launch of Challenger.
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Great post! Loved every second of it... pre-launch, the build up to launch, the dramatics, the crowd, the launch itself... and I especially enjoyed hearing people's reaction (on/off air) to each little goal met during the climb. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! (I think I was 12 when I saw this live in school).
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I seeing this when I was 11 years old. Back then and no one knew what to think of this new spacecraft that launched like a rocket, orbited like a satellite and landed like an airplane. We were all on pins and needles waiting to find out if this new experiment would work. We were thrilled when it did. Thanks for posting!
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People today don't realize how gutsy this really was. They had never even test fired the SBRs vertically before. Nobody for certain had a clue what would happen, there were no computer simulations like there are today, and if something had gone wrong in orbit, they'd have died in re-entry as there was no way to repair damages. The Ejection seats mentioned were modified from a SR-71 and were only rated at relaively low altitudes. This was probably the most balsy test flight man has ever taken on.
Willysmb44 2 weeks ago 3
@stabbingmeagain Commander of STS-1 John Young stated in an interview that when the SRB's ignited, they produced a shock-wave that induced an unintended deflection of the main tail body flap. This was to such a degree that had they been aware of the damage at the time, thet would have been required to eject from the shuttle losing Columbia, and possibly both he and STS-1 pilot Robert Crippen not surviving the ejection. Terrifying! But Young just grinned about it, as you might expect...
THEORIGINALEXSCAPER 1 month ago 2