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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."
That Florida resident sounded completely retarded.
Also he picked Betamax.
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Like:
NASA - Need Another Seven Astronauts?
or
What's this button do?
I don't remember any others.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
How did the know what kind of shampoo Christa McAuliffe used? Her head and shoulders washed up on the beach.
Here's a higher quality version:
http://vimeo.com/2619976
Did you know Christie McAuliffe had dandruff? All they were able to find were her head and shoulders.
"There was a time when Astronauts were hailed as heros[sic]"
First of all, fuck you.
Second, even a cursory understanding of the space program sees astronauts as bit players in a highly automated, extremely complex, feat of engineering. They are highly glorified passengers.
How many of the Grumman or NAA engineers were paraded down the streets of American cities and hailed as heroes for sacrificing their sanity and marriages for the good of the country? Oh, none? Then fuck you.
Enjoy jerking off to photos of Neil Armstrong while the true heroes of space exploration die alone, unrecognized for their brilliance.
Bullshit on Challenger being "special" due to a frigging NEA-member being on board. And remember THAT is why she was onboard - to help buy the NEA's endorsement of Reagan at election time!
"it was especially potent because there was a teacher on board"
WOW, a TEACHER!!
Would you have experienced the same excitement had it been a plumber, or a mid-level manager of a soap company? What the fuck does the person's job have to do with anything?
Oh, and it's almost a statistical certainty that another teacher got killed that day by heart attack, auto accident, or some other non-shuttle cause. Do you happen to know their name(s) off the top of your head? No? Then go fuck yourself.
Last Transmission: What does this button do? q:How many astronauts can you get in a VW Bug? a:4 in the seats, 7 in the ashtray
You have to be joking.
Thousands of people, including engineers, die every day. Every engineer who does not telecommute risks his life getting on the road. He risks getting terminal cancer from his burger at lunch or a stray cosmic ray passing through his work chair.
You think that just because the risk of death is in a space vehicle instead of a hospital bed or a highway, that their death is somehow nobler? Fuck you.
Everybody dies. Everybody risks death every day. The risk of death in a space mission is more palpable, and a bit higher, but it is no more real than the risk everybody else takes on a daily basis.
Maybe if you removed Buzz Aldrin's dick from your mouth long enough to engage your brain, you'd realize that you are trivializing the death of everyone who isn't an astronaut. So fuck you.
what were the last words of the shuttle captain? "Don't touch that button bitch!"