NASA Disaster Kills Civilian: What Went Wrong With The Challenger?

[@m.willow11]

I was friends with Christa's daughter, Caroline. We also worked together as teachers. Caroline is kind and thoughtful..and patient w children...she loved a good pizza and would smile and laugh but always had a palpable melancholic sadness just under the surface. Eventually, I left teaching to pursue my nursing degree and we spoke less and less until eventually losing contact all together. My heart always hurt for her. I still think of her often. ❤

[@Connie-p8y]

Wow...she became a teacher ?...what a way to honor her Mother...Beautiful !

[@m.willow11]

@@Connie-p8y agreed. ♥

[@richardkallio3868]

Wow....that's the kind of loss you never can get over, hence the sadness under the surface 😢

[@m.willow11]

@@richardkallio3868 agreed. Her sadness was evident even before she disclosed to me who she was. It was like an aha! Moment when I learned the reason. A heavy burden for sure.

[@JoshEbalo]

@@m.willow11she's still alive today it's weird lies

[@LeeAnneGuerin]

45:04 This disaster became a Case Study in the danger of prioritising cost cutting over safety!! Most of us didn't need a study, we know that's always a dangerous practice 😢

[@bethannehare]

I remember going into the lunchroom at school to watch the news on this disaster. Rest in power to all who perished that day

[@nrubocs]

Don't worry, nobody died that day.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIKXmHh5mb2XqpY

[@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac]

Just starting this video so maybe it’s in THIS doc, but I remember her mother in an interview talking about after the crew had boarded the shuttle. Her dad said to her mom, “if I could go in and take her out of that thing, I would” That absolutely broke my heart, just devastating to hear… good parents are protective of their kids and he felt the need to protect his daughter, he knew he couldn’t… and then watched the explosion minutes later.

[@maryeliason1504]

I was watching it & yes I watched in disbelief. A VERY sad day.

[@nrubocs]

Don't worry, nobody died that day. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIKXmHh5mb2XqpY

[@kristinjoni]

I was 8 years old and very confused. They didn’t explain what happened right away. They just talked about it the next day and my parents talked about it. I just remember spending the week talking about space and being excited to watch the teacher and then the rest was kinda brushed over.

[@CathieWhitlock]

I had just lost my job and this was my first day searching for work. It is sad that so many children watched with excitement that then turned to sadness.

[@santanaknaul2803]

I remember being in my classroom all of us watching I believe I was in 4 th grade , my teacher was crying, I remember it like yesterday, such a sad tragedy 😢 especially them knowing they shouldn’t have went .

[@vertigobeatz7118]

I went then there on a field trip the day before it was Canceled ..We were so disappointed. I lived in Jacksonville Fl.. Damn I super Old.

[@76Draeger]

I remember the entire school gathering together to watch it. I was also in the fourth grade. I still dreamed of being an astronaut and that summer I went to space camp. I was raised to let adversity be my motivator. It was a sad day but hopefully a lot was learned and improved upon. Reagan's speech was historical and Godly.

[@ChristopherTevnan]

Likewise. I was in the 8th grade watching with my class.

[@Bvixger]

It was fake look up their names most of the teachers are still teaching to this day

[@ChristopherTevnan]

@@Bvixger I was in the 8th grade when we saw the shuttle explode, my teacher walked out into the hallway because like us kids the teacher didn't understand what happened until a few minutes later.

[@ronpagan]

I was a college student on my way to classes that morning. I'd seen the TV news the night before showing the icicles on the shuttle. I knew it wasn't wise to launch in those bad weather conditions. I believe it was human hubris that cost the lives of the seven astonauts. By the time I got to the campus, all classes were canceled and the cafeteria was full of students watching the televisions in stunned silence.

[@josephconnor2310]

I too was in college and watched the television in the cafeteria.

[@lisalu910]

We all remember where we were when Challenger exploded (those of us old enough to remember it, anyway!) It was one of the most shocking things we'd ever seen - until 9/11 happened, that is. Who can forget the bewildered faces of Christa McAuliffe's parents as they watched explosion like they couldn't even comprehend what had just happened. And President Reagan quoting the poem: "[They have] slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God." Going on forty years and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

[@ChristopherTevnan]

Absolutely correct. I always remember watching at school.

[@-SarahElizabeth-]

I was in second grade when this happened. We watched it in our classroom. Absolutely heartbreaking.

[@nrubocs]

Don't worry, nobody died that day kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIKXmHh5mb2XqpY

[@lvelez1999]

I was 11

[@I.pray.to.George.Carlin]

I was in 3rd grade when this happened and we were all watching in excitement of Krista McCullough as we were from Massachusetts like her. It quickly went from excitement to despair in seconds. My principal particularly was bawling. A day I'll never forget.

[@peggystoutemorin4529]

That's not her name. It's McAuliffe.

[@lvelez1999]

​@@peggystoutemorin4529 She tried 😊

[@peggystoutemorin4529]

@@lvelez1999 Considering she is from the same state, I was a bit surprised about her not getting her name correct. Out of respect for Krista McAuliffe, I mentioned it.

[@xindigochildx]

So heartbreaking. My deepest condolences to the families 🌸 RIP

[@legitbeans9078]

Great documentary. Richard Feinman is someone you ALWAYS listen to. Hes up there with Einstein amongst the greatest minds of the 20th century.

[@BruceChamberlin-y4r]

Always listen to your Engineer!

[@BBJohnny52]

I was at work that day. Never will forget that 😢

[@MultiRedbull2009]

Never forget that they lied or never forget how naive were you to believe their bullshit Did you that all those so called astronauts are alive and well today? They just changed their names and all have new jobs.

[@lvelez1999]

Something else, just like the Titanic, that happened due to arrogance, narcissism and foolishness. May they all Rest in Peace ❤ ✝️

[@Bailey2006a]

Absolute, criminal negligence

[@mikebrown41182]

Those WHO withdrawed that recommendation, should have all been in jail. They ignored the smartest brains in the freaking room, because PR was more important. Pathetic losers who dishonor their own profession with arrogance.

[@Autshot20]

Unbelievable that the NASA decision team simply would not consider delaying the launch unless the engineer's could guarantee that there would be catastrophic failure. They ignored the recommendations. What ever happened to the thought of erring on the side of caution? Especially with seven lives at risk.

[@Goettel]

Apart from the astronaut heroes that died that day, Challenger still makes me think Richard Feynman and Jean-Michel Jarre.

[@egx161]

Why? Why did NASA take a chance when they knew that there could be problems? 2. Why did nasa allow engineers to overly complicate the design?

[@stellarwind1946]

There will always be a risk of catastrophe when you leave the surface of the earth in a rocket. Furthermore, there is no uncomplicated way of designing such a spacecraft.

[@GrouseAttack]

From a mass media perspective, this is an interesting pre-cursor to the 9/11 attacks. Everyone in schools organized to watch what became a disaster. Before most people had cable TV and in a time without the internet.

[@kyliejclynch3614]

All but 1 is still alive and living to this day. One of the best psyops in America's history.

[@ginnydare13]

🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@MAMethven]

I just made the same comment.

[@marlonisaac1]

If you did a little bit of research you would know that has been debunked in a very good video right here on KZbin. Take the tin foil hat off and give it a watch.

[@ginnydare13]

​@marlonisaac1 we've done a lot of research.

[@jamesmassey-cc4ml]

Why is it that Christa Mcalluff’s parents were laughing at one another a minute after the shuttle exploded???🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@8ersoul8]

I skipped school this day

[@Connie-p8y]

Suppose to launch on my Birthday Jan 22...since they post oned i tuned in the 28 th..what a nightmare

[@jetfryl9831]

Yep I remember watching this and my Boston School too

[@sarbaazchabahar]

The crew module was intact but had no parachutes. This is a design flaw.

[@johnp139]

No

[@johnp139]

So someone should have put a parachute SOMEWHERE that would somehow deploy in case the orbiter disintegrated???

[@sarbaazchabahar]

@@johnp139 why not? Then why play with human lives ???

[@jetfryl9831]

They were showing us this at like 3 4 years old

[@MrHusang23]

In 20 minutes, tehy say "Paolo Nespolie flew the shuttle in 2007" three times. Is the viewer really this dumb? I also love how they don't say anyone's name, who were at fault, yet it's pretty clear who those people were.

[@lvelez1999]

That guy was right all along. *(Sorry, I forgot his name).

[@3BK235Y]

16:03-16:27 As the video abundantly shows, it had nothing to do with that. Reagan was wrong.

[@veggigoddess]

Of course, he was Republican

[@scottaznavourian3720]

1;01 good were not gonna cover up how they actually died

[@isabellabash7047]

my sister actually went to christa middle school lol. rip

[@johnp139]

It’s all part of the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR!!! Coming from President Profit!!!

[@lvelez1999]

😢

[@johnp139]

How would you like to be on the “failure team”?

[@lvelez1999]

If we surround our life with greed for money, wealth and treasures, this is what happens. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." ~ GOD

[@Teagan762]

N.A.S.A = Need Another Seven Astronauts!

[@lvelez1999]

😢

[@SpartacusErectusJR]

She was a DEI

[@JoshEbalo]

People believe anything