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Sat Jan-28-06 10:02 AM
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| Space Shutle Challenger memorial service live on C-SPAN |
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
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| Lost4words
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Sat Jan-28-06 10:13 AM
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| 1. Reagan wanted to say he sent a teacher into space for the SOTU |
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so against the advice of the engineers they lit the rocket on a day when ice was hanging from the shuttle and her tanks. You wouldnt take a drag race car out on a morning like that and go from cold to full out power.
I watched it real time on PBS. very sad
I wasnt real surprised when they let discovery try to come down with a hole in her wing.
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Sat Jan-28-06 10:16 AM
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| 2. I thought ultimate blame was placed on those defective O-rings... |
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...from Morton-Thiokol. Unless someone claimed that the ice somehow screwed up those O-rings, that is.
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| Ladyhawk
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Sat Jan-28-06 10:23 AM
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| 3. As I recall, the O-rings were defective in cold weather. |
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It was a combination of weather and O-rings that should have worked in any kind of weather, but didn't. I'm functioning on memory here, so if I'm wrong, someone correct me.
I can't remember the name of the guy, but he tried very hard to stop the launch. He knew that the O-rings might malfunction in cold weather.
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Sat Jan-28-06 10:37 AM
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yes you were correct. I actually sat in on one of the Rogers commission hearings that was taking place at the dept of State. It was very interesting.
I am no expert but the way RR used the media I am sure the push for launch came from the top.
As I recall RR's SOTU was to be that night or the next day.
Hey Ladyhawk are you in NM?
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Sat Jan-28-06 10:53 AM
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| 8. Nope. I'm in Kah-lee-foh-nee-ah. n/t |
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Sat Jan-28-06 10:42 AM
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| 7. Ice is a great indication of COLD. |
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Do this little test take two rubberbands, place one on the counter and one in the freezer wait 30 minunets and give both a good pull.
You dont need an engineering degree to see the difference in performance.
Prior to challanger, no shuttle was launched on such a cold morning and none since.
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Sat Jan-28-06 10:24 AM
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| 4. I remember this like it was yesterday, but can't remember much |
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Edited on Sat Jan-28-06 10:24 AM by Ladyhawk
about the Columbia because I didn't have TV.
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