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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)."
Yeah, I could have done without seeing this story.
The fate of the crew was just awful.
Being gratitously reminded of it is not appreciated.
I missed the Challenger broadcast... stayed home sick from school on september 11th 2001 though... woke up to see New York blowing up, shocked the hell out of me. First thing I thought as I saw the news broadcast was we were being bombed by some foreign nation... still wasn't really able to speak for a long time.
Definitely not the best thing to wake up to.
"Quoting yourself is stupid." -Me
I remember it clearly. It was the night before the disaster. She said she had something to teach me. She said her name was Christa, and that she was leaving on a secret mission the next day. I went for it, and we had a night of passion that I will always remember. It was not a myth. It was real. Wasn't it?
-Heartbroken
It's amazing. They feel they need tape delays to prevent possible nudity and obcenity, but nobody thinks twice about showing terrorist aggression or severed human body parts from the aftermath of a car bomb in Iraq.
The sheep can baa-aa-aa-lieve the FCC all they want, but I know from experience which one is likely to induce trauma in my 8 year old daughter...
the Internet probably fifteen years away.
It happened in 1986. Fifteen years after that is 2001. Wow, you just got the internet in 2001? Well, uh, welcome aboard. Enjoy the porn.
I find it very hard to believe that the gas tank manages to get repositioned UNDER the passenger compartment before rupturing and burning.
How do you think the gas gets from the tank to the engine? Get this, there's these lines that run from the tank to the engine. They're called, get this, gas lines, and they like carry FUEL...right from under you! You snarky, stupid twit.
Assuming you're in the US... From what I can tell, our society's attitude against sex dates back to the Puritan settlers. A tad ironic, because if I recall, those same settlers were often infected with syphilis...