Seconds From Disaster - Space Shuttle Challenger part 1

The Space Shuttle Challenger explode just after launch. To know what was happened during that ill fated flight and what chain of events brought Challenger down. See this only in "Seconds From Disaster"

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[tko741]

@bildtker76 All due respect to the deceased crew, but this 'scrap' you refer to has 2 operational failures for 130 successful flights.

NASA admittedly made some bad calls, but spaceflight is a constant gamble. Unless you design your own more successful orbital vehicle, I'll enjoy smirking at your irrelevant and ignorant comment.

[sideslide23]

25 years ago from today.

[DrDontDoDis]

@helljumpr5150 Umm... the space shuttle had 135 flights with two fatal. That's at least as reliable. Soyuz rockets also failed on two occasions, both of which required aborts, one of which seriously injured the crew. And the Soyuz were the least problematic craft the Soviets had, other rockets killed hundreds of technicians. It was safer to fly a Soviet rocket than it was to fuel one!

[helljumpr5150]

@DrDontDoDis Compare with the Russian Soyuz, 2 fatal flights on 112 missions since 1967 and still used today. By far the most reliable spacecraft built.

[biggary2485]

NASA is pathetic i mean they knew all of this and still let it fly what a lack of pure safety concern so lazy.

[betamale3]

NASA managers were warned, but decided to risk the astronaut's lives without telling them.

Thats pretty close to murder

[garycalgary]

I had a test that day and there were tons of people around the television. I wouldn't have been able to concentrate that day.

I wondered for years if the people were ever found.

Still find it sickening the camera focused on Christa MacAuliffe's parents as they realized their daughter was gone. It was a sickenenly crass moment

[scorpianofthesun]

@tko741 In other words, the space shuttle could be built with the highest technology and equipped with state of the art safety equipment, but there's always going to be a risk going up into space.

[DrDontDoDis]

2 failures out of well over 100 launches is an extraordinary statistic for spaceflight. Everything about space is hostile, from the vacuum to radiation to debris, and getting there and back is all but a miracle of science. The shuttle has also had a number of incidents that were disruptive, but not fatal, which demonstrates the the relative toughness of its systems.

Remember that the Apollo program had one (nearly two) fatal flights after just 17 missions.

[Mrmephostophilis]

LOW FPS ...

[chikowen]

does anyone know the music playing from 3:05 to 3:52??

[Boogyman4050]

It should of exploded just off the launch pad from that O ring deal, but because Challenger was such a tough shuttle, it took a combo of events to finally destroy it. That turbulence they hit at throttle up was the last cause event. The old man that knew was powerless to stop the launch. Maybe he should of tried chaining himself to some part of the launch pad. That might of delayed launch, while they took him into custody.