Space shuttle Challenger - the first space tourist disaster-BBC Science & Nature

BBC space documentary 'Space Tourist' takes a look back at the space shuttle Challenger mission and why it is not necessarily wise for non-astronauts to venture out into the last frontier. Space tourist enthusiasts counter this argument with their own opinions on why space travel is a good idea.

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[osallent]

This is a little offensive!

President Reagan asked for a teacher to be selected, and Crista was selected out of more than 10,000 applicants to represent the average American in space.

She was not a tourist, she didn't pay to be selected. She did not go to sight see. She was supposed to teach several science lessons to educate the average American about space.

[MilligusPrime]

The fact that she was not an astronaut had nothing to do with the disaster. She was one of many applicants for a "Teacher in Space" program, and the runner-up actually became an astronaut and recently flew on a space mission. This was less about tourism and more about learning. I grew up close to her, and am close in age to her children. Watching this live on television will forever be seared into my memory.

[xtremetom180]

really informative and interesting

[shellybirdy]

brilliant video

[robo9hobo]

LOL

[pureair23]

C'mon really ? Tourist. Try American Hero, she did what any of us would have killed to be in her place. HERO ! nuff said

[PhantomMana]

FAIL

[yikespuppy321]

so horrible... :(

[MissLuvMovies]

This was so tragic I cried when I first saw it. To think of those people on that shuttle that should never have died. That teacher was so enthusiastic about her job and all of the others there. Truly awful.

[plutoend99]

what a fucking failure...

[Th1sWasATriumph]

I don't think it worked, considering the amount of exploration that's taken place since.

[dreadcrozz]

it was rigged to blow up by the government... to stop and kill the dream of space travel for regular people.. so as to prevent us from knowing the truth about life from outter space...