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7 Myths About The Challenger Disaster
Lester67 writes "James Oberg at MSNBC has put together an excellent recap of the 7 myths surrounding the Challenger shuttle disaster. I remember that day clearly, but as the author points out, I didn't see it live, nor did a large chunk of the people said they did (Myth #1). Although there are no surprises on the list, regression may have caused you to forget a few of them (#3)."
Not as horrible as those nasty little squares of pizza they served that day.
Yuck.
Only problem is getting permission from the ATF to legally purchase, ship, store, assemble and fire enough rocket fuel to carry out the test :)
I personally survived a small gas vapor fire where my body was essentially entirely inside the fireball
I, too, have survived fireballs. The critical factor, it would seem, is the ratio of hit points to the level of the caster.
At the time of the Challenger incident I was in the Marine Corps going through cold weather training in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. The day of the event we were going up the mountain for a 9 day field exercise, by the time we got back to civilization the jokes were already circulating. Here's one I haven't seen here yet: Why do NASA employees drink Sprite? Because they can't get 7-Up.
I want to shoot the messenger!
NASA does not stand for "Need Another Seven Astronauts".
If you can read this sig, you're too close.
Ever watched a Saturn V power its way into space? No? Me neither, but I'm ready to bet that it would kick your space shuttle launch's ass
You just got troll'd!