Some of the catastrophic explosions in the Vanguard program were the result of a range safety decision.
I believe the SRBs that flew away from the Challenger were stabilized by the range safety officer, rather than being allowed to flail wildly across the Atlantic sky like loose balloons.
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Some of the catastrophic explosions in the Vanguard program were the result of a range safety decision. I believe the SRBs that flew away from the Challenger were stabilized by the range safety officer, rather than being allowed to flail wildly across the Atlantic sky like loose balloons.