Space for Remembering

[american_arcane]

Remembering Challenger: Shuttle Disaster and Others Refocus NASA
By Tariq Malik
Friday marks the beginning of a somber time of year for NASA, commemorating the first of three spaceflight disasters that have claimed the lives of 17 astronauts over the last 40 years.

7 Myths About the Challenger Shuttle Disaster
By James Oberg
Myth #1: A nation watched

Comments

[justin79]

Disintegration sounds more horrific than explosion to me. I can't imagine.

[american_arcane]

Indeed it does.

But something torn apart by shearing forces does, I suppose, technically disintigrate (in the non-scifi meaning of the term).

No matter what you call it, it was rough to watch way back in 5th grade.

[glittergrrl69]

Oh hell... they were alive for three minutes after disintegration? And there's a possibility they were conscious the entire time? Can you IMAGINE the horror in their last few minutes of life? Oh shit, that is just WRONG.

[american_arcane]

Yep.

I don't know... I think after the first minute or so, when you realize there's absolutely nothing you can do, it gets really, really calm.