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Dying Man Shares Unseen Challenger Video

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-perspective-on-an-old-tragedy dept.

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."

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  2. Re:I'm sure NASA would have been dying to get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dang. If it weren't a summary of the summary, you could have gotten a +3 or +5, Funny.

    I loved your subject line, but the first post just ruined it. Sorry.

    Also, that's gotta be the first time I've ever commented on the quality of a first post. Good job.