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Dying Man Shares Unseen Challenger Video
longacre writes "An amateur video of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion has been made public for the first time. The Florida man who filmed it from his front yard on his new Betamax camcorder turned the tape over to an educational organization a week before he died this past December. The Space Exploration Archive has since published the video into the public domain in time for the 24th anniversary of the catastrophe. Despite being shot from about 70 miles from Cape Canaveral, the shuttle and the explosion can be seen quite clearly. It is unclear why he never shared the footage with NASA or the media. NASA officials say they were not aware of the video, but are interested in examining it now that it has been made available."
if they'd known about it.
Sorry.
Houston, they've got trouble of some kind...
Because they can't get 7 up.
How could they? They violated his copyright and took away any incentive for the man to make another movie.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
yea why would you want to post something again when it has been already covered previously by others?
Mod me redundant please otherwise the joke doesn't work.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
Need
Another
Seven
Astronauts
Florida isn't retarded... Alachua County, maybe.
No, Florida is retarded. We voted for Bush twice and Obama once.
What color were McAuliffe's eyes?
Blue. One blew this way, the other blew that way.
Where do astronauts spend their vacation?
All over Florida.
Now mod him underrated, so we can get the first +5 Redundant.
Did you know that Christa McAuliffe had dandruff?
They found her Head and Shoulders washed up on the beach....
We had 'em, too. I was in 7th grade at the time, and they were irresistible.
Know why NASA drinks Sprite? They couldn't get 7 up.
Honey, you feed the dogs - and I'll feed the fish.
Check out my novel.
One of the ones in the UK:
"Go on then, let her have a go."
(PLEASE STOP READING NOW IF YOU DO NOT APPROVE OF OFFENSIVE JOKES)
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The interesting thing is I've not heard any Haiti jokes. I don't know if that's because I'm not in school now as I was during Challenger, or if there actually aren't as many jokes around.
"We can categorically state we have not released man-eating badgers into the area." - UK military spokesman, July 2007
What was the last thing that went through Christa McAuliffe's mind?
The control panel.
Except that it was faked, just like the moon landings.
I do, too. I was sitting in my high school history class, and the teacher rolled in a TV so we could watch the broadcast. Come to think of it, this was probably one of the most important lessons I learned in school: our technology is impressive, but not infallible.
Why, didn't the TV work?