18:14There were also the astronauts stranded on the ISS a couple years ago
18:35A tragedy broadcast live for all to see.
18:50Big ice/foam from the external tank from launch
18:51the insulation tile yes. on launch
18:55The Columbia disaster was one of my earliest childhood traumas
18:58re-entry it blew up? :thinking_face:
18:58Challenger had more eyes on it than normal because of the schoolteacher.
18:59The live news reporter we watched that was there immediately just started praying when it happened
19:04Foam strike broke off a heat shield tile
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19:12the craziest part is they knew the weather was shit but they just went for it anyways
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19:33In the late 80s, there was also a Shuttle flight that partially melted like Columbia, but it held up and NASA did nothing about it. I guess thats cause the commander was a literal Top Gun graduate
19:41sorry I was late I was playing video games related to this
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19:44I walked through blood and bones
19:50its a tragedy after all
19:51not a lot of people follow the space programs
19:54The Challenger was the biggest one
19:57Better to fail than not to try
20:04i was in elementary school
20:11Tallahassee has the Challenger learning center
20:18apparently Big Bird from Sesame Street was supposed to be on the Challenger, but they cancelled that last second...
20:22I was just there a few weeks ago
20:25We've still lost more astronauts on the Earth to accidents than in space.
20:26what was that the one with the teacher
20:43I still want to see the Tomb of the Forgotten Solider at Arlington some day.
20:56Well, we should talk about disasters more so they aren't repeated
20:58entry and exit are the most dangerous, similar to plane takeoff and landing
20:58@KelLorien True story
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