The Hidden Truth Of Christa McAuliffe

[@GrungeHQ]

Rest In Peace.

[@dathighguy1609]

How was Ronald Reagan accusedly by you, a controversial president. Is this because he was a Republican that did a damn good job and you lack anything really to say other that he might have been the most important president since Abraham Lincoln. Just sayin. Might want to hide your obvious bias. This was patheticly low and speaks volumes of what you really are.

[@CaptainMarvelsSon]

My sister was one of the many second-phase alternates being considered for the program. She had a teaching personality similar to Christa McAuliffe. It didn't hit me until local news did an interview with her that, had things turned out differently, I would have lost my sister that day. Feeling sad about a sister that I _didn't_ lose, I can only imagine what Christa's family went through.

[@BartholumeuJohnson]

This teacher was a big Deal in schools all over the United States.

[@areiaaphrodite]

The best part of this video for me is hearing that all pf her studentscwebt on to become teachers. She really did achieve one of the things she set out to do ❤ RIP ❤

[@SoTheresThat2]

I was on break between classes. Sitting in the University Center eating. Watching TV when this happened. It was so sad.

[@Recovery-Dawg]

I was right across the river when this happened. Saw it happen. Govt and tech doesnt care about human lives. They brought us outside to watch it and then they brought us back in the classroom and turned the tvs on and basically made us watch it. All of us 5 year old kids.

[@marlenemcnerney5142]

Ty 4 shining a light on this beautiful star 🌟 STILL shining in the night sky. My brother's monument is about 50 yards from the Challengers in Arlington National Cemetery. (Navy 3-21-1991) ✨️✈️🌟🌠🌟❤🙏🏻

[@susannpatton2893]

Sending you oceans of love

[@mrparkerdan]

the accident was preventable. that's the biggest tragedy. 😒

[@shilogall8038]

Aren't almost all accidents?? The biggest tragedy is that 7 brilliant, ambitious, pioneering, inspiring minds suffered horrific deaths & crashed into the ocean. They are just as dead as if someone sabotaged the mission on purpose.

[@master.of.reality]

The word “accident “ Has a different meaning….

[@cherrytraveller5915]

So was Colombia.

[@shashonda8]

How so

[@janmarchand7294]

I had just started a two week vacation and I watched the TV as I packed. It took my breath away when it exploded, and I felt so bad for the loved ones left behind.

[@Anson120]

One of the worst photos is the evidence photos of the rubber O-rings. All wet and deteriorated. Even a layman can tell those should be out of commission. No silicone was gonna save those rubber O-rings.

[@cornerofthemoon]

Not many people are aware of another space related tragedy that involved Christa McAuliffe. In 1985, McAuliffe and the rest of the top 10 finalists of the Teachers in Space program were touring the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama and were on board a centrifuge ride which simulated G forces that occur on the body during rocket launches. During the ride, one of the Space Center employees accidently fell into the spinning machinery and was killed. Apparently, his mangled body was flung and landed only a few feet from McAuliffe and she and the other candidates were understandably traumatized and devastated. They were quickly escorted out of the park and sent back to their hotel rooms and traveled to Washington DC the next day for another PR event. Not surprisingly, NASA tried to bury the story at the time and most of the local press only briefly mentioned it in a couple of paragraphs and did not reveal that the Teachers in Space were present. However, there are a few articles, including an archived piece from the Chicago Tribune that mention the whole story. I also found a podcast online where one of the Teachers in Space candidates talks about the incident. I personally know more about it as I went to high school with the guy that died and knew his family.

[@KJJ782]

Rest in peace Christa. I remember when it happened in 1986

[@randym9147]

Like many others, I remember this well. I was 24 at the time and watched the explosion live. FM, i was floored. The when it came out that NASA was warned by Morton Thiokol not to launch! OMG... But as usual, nothing happened to the individules that gave the green light. I was looking forward to the Teacher in Space segments. RIP Christa and crew.

[@kennethquinnies6023]

The real tragedy was the loss of the second shuttle. There was a Doctor of Sciences on board. There are less than 100 of those in the USA. Almost impossible to replace.

[@dawnprudenti1964]

I was pregnant working at a Holiday Inn in Anderson Indiana when this happened!! I remember. I was cleaning a room had the TV in an just watched the dam thing blow😮😮😮

[@stacyn.]

I remember this very well. I think she was a teacher right In Danbury, Connecticut At Roger’s Park.

[@BoundyMan]

I was in 2nd grade at the time. It was a small church school, so my class was the 1st and 2nd grade class. But I didn't get to see it live because my teacher went to see it in the 5th and 6th grade room, while my class was doing our class assignments. All of the sudden my teacher came bursting into the classroom and informed us about the explosion. One of my classmates, not understanding the shuttle only launched in Florida, asked why we didn't feel the explosion. My teacher than gathered us in a circle to pray for the families of the astronauts. She was weeping while she was pray, since her dad worked for NASA at the time. My reaction wasn't of sorrow or concern at the time, since I didn't know anything about the Teacher in Space Program, even though my dad who was also a teacher was paying attention to it. It was around the time the TV show Airwolf was airing and I enjoyed seeing the different ways those aircraft would explode when the copter destroyed them, since no one really was killed. So when I got home I was anxious to see how the shuttle exploded. When I finally saw it I thought it was neater than what I saw on Airwolf, especially the boosters flying out of control. When my dad saw I was gloating and smiling, he scolded me and had to remind me this was not an Airwolf show and that seven people really died.

[@slejafhrf08]

I was in 11th grade and we had a snow day on this day so we weren't in school watching it but i know we watched it together during the week when we went back.

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

I REMEMBER SEEING AFTER THE BREAKUP OF THE CHALLENGER THOSE TWO PARACHUTES DESCENDING TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BELOW & FOR A MOMENT THERE WAS HOPE THAT TWO OF THE CREW HAD SURVIVED BUT THOSE HOPES WERE DASHED WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT THOSE PARACHUTES WERE THE PARACHUTES FOR THE NAVY RECOVERY CREWS OR PARAMEDICS THAT WERE SENT IN ! ! !😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

My friend is a High School Teacher. She has to buy supplies for low income students out od her own money. One day the AC at school was broken so she came in with a big fan she bought. A kid threw it at her. They had a meeting with her- the kid and his parents and SHE got in trouble b/c she didn't ask the schools permission yet...smh

[@DrtyALGreen]

The series on Netflix is very informative. At first I'm like "yeah NASA is to blame...ok🙄" then the facts are laid out and it's found out twice NASA has overlooked safety and shuttles were lost with all souls.

[@foxmccloud7055]

Christa's legacy still goes on.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks🙏💕

[@jamesdelaney3797]

Icant believe the shuttle got off the ground carrying those GIGANTIC GUTS

[@BFRIZZLE909]

I always think about her kids.. Hope they are living a decent life.

[@rogersimpson9725]

A lot of people don't realize that they didn't die when the ship exploded. They died when they hit the water. That may have taken a couple minutes. So I'm sure they all knew it was coming. I can't think of anything more horrifying.

[@acastrohowell]

Very sad 😔

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

SPACE TRAVEL WILL ALWAYS BE VERY RISKY & DANGEROUS WHEN ROCKETS ARE INVOLVED ! ! !🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@r.hill.2369]

"Asides from the Challenger disaster" is the crappiest way to begin describing her life imaginable. jmo.

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

KALPANA CHAWLA WHO WAS ON THE STS-107 COLUMBIA MISSION IN 2003 HAD A PREMONITION SHE WAS NOT GOING TO RETURN HOME FROM SPACE ALIVE ! ! ! I WONDER NOW IF CHRISTA McAULIFFE HAD SIMILAR PREMONITIONS ABOUT NOT SURVIVING A SPACE FLIGHT ? ? ?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@Eric-qo8vv]

I was 9 years old. Watched it live. We didn’t understand right away what happened till later that day when President Reagan spoke.

[@nathanherren6708]

I remember watching this when I was little. It’s was like “hey kids, here’s some trauma, good luck with that”

[@KingCrazealmighty360]

It didn't bother me..I was like..oh shit ... It blew up

[@pocho689]

No one foresaw the tragedy.

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

​@@pocho689 ROGER BOISJOLY DID & DID HIS BEST TO PREVENT THE LAUNCH & HE WAS THE ENGINEER WHO WORKED FOR MORTON THIOKOL WHO WERE THE COMPANY WHO MADE THE SHUTTLE'S SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS BUT HE ALONG WITH OTHER ENGINEERS WERE SHOUTED DOWN & OVER RIDDEN BY THE NASA MANAGERS & AT THE END OF THE DAY A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN A ROOM DECIDED TO LAUNCH ON 28th JANUARY 1986 DESPITE ALL OF THE ENGINEERING DATA & EVIDENCE THE THIOKOL ENGINEES HAD IN THEIR POSSESSION ON O-RING PERFORMANCE (OR THE LACK THEREOF ! ! !) IN VERY COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS ! ! ! NASA ALSO DOWNPLAYED & LIED ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS A VEHICLE THE SHUTTLE REALLY WAS & ESPECIALLY WITH THE SHUTTLE'S CRITICALITY ITEM-1 ISSUES/FAILURES THAT COULD HAVE LED TO LOSS OF CREW & VEHICLE (LOCV IN NASA JARGON). THERE WAS ALSO THE POLITICAL DIMENSION, BEAUROCACY & LAUNCH SCHEDULE PRESSURE TO GET THE SHUTTLE LAUNCHED ON TIME ! ! ! WHEN YOU BOIL IT ALL DOWN IT TURNS OUT THAT JUST ONE PHONE CALL COULD & WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE LAUNCH THAT DAY ON 28th JANUARY 1986 & YET THAT PHONE CALL NEVER CAME ! ! !🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@thefamouspeopleus]

What a poignant tribute to Christa McAuliffe

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

IN ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE RISKS THAT ARE UNQUANTIFIABLE ! ! ! ? ? ?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

I was a little bit shocked when I started hearing Christa McAuliffe jokes and other kinds of sick humor about the challenger disaster not very long after the accident but looking back on it I like to think humor is one kind of way some people deal with terrifying incidents⚛️

[@BeesWaxMinder]

You should certainly do a video on Ronald Erwin McNair too! Very interesting life...

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

ANOTHER PREVENTABLE DISASTER THAT WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN ! ! !😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

I was a little bit shocked when I started hearing Christa McAuliffe jokes and other kinds of sick humor about the challenger disaster not very long after the accident but looking back on it I like to think humor is one kind of way some people deal with

[@josh656]

More like the crew is alive.

[@juliestrom412]

😭 🌌

[@Mama-eu1ss]

I remember when this happened. It was awful.

[@Eric-qo8vv]

Morgan and Christa seemed a little close

[@susannpatton2893]

It was horrible for us kids to watch. There weren't any safe spaces. We didn't get 1 word of how to deal with any of it. We were sent back to class and open your textbook to page blah blah and life went on. We were stunned and just went on.

[@pocho689]

That’s what parents are for.

[@Fischjesicht]

I remember it very well as I was some liquid soup in nature.

[@justinmanser7525]

She looks like Sigorny Weaver a little or is it just me?

[@stephenkemp3372]

I wonder how she is doing these days.

[@susannpatton2893]

What kind of crap is this?

[@Ryan-mq2mi]

What a stupid fkn title. As far as McAuliffe, we took a vote renamed my middle school (Pine) to McAuliffe during 6th grade camp. Los Alamitos, CA

[@johnwalters4792]

Judy Resnik

[@Pizza-gb1ch]

Teacher in Space was a scam/waste.

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Our teacher wheeled in a t.v. and made us watch this live because it had a teacher on it. "Hey kids, do you want to watch 7 people die in an explosion?"

[@susannpatton2893]

No one knew that was going to happen, none of us regular people

[@JamesTrewolla]

What color was her eyes?