sucker1999 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

They should start investing into second-gen orbiters... Discovery and Endeavor won´t last forever too.

dcrno1 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

it wasent gas wat made this happen it was the tank tolorence that was wrong then thae gas escaped and bye bye learned in my auto class so im not a nerd

BRUCEALMIGHTYGG77 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

THE PIMP POLICE DID THIS.!!!

dood761 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

i took a school field trip to space challenger center yesterday!

narutoxd4 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

man all these nerds talking about floried coloxin or watever it is nerds

trailextremist (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

if this happens again china will want their money back.....

britisharegay (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Damn If another shuttle disaster happens the american space program is over!!!

wagnerologist1984 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

..The force of the wind shear shattered the temporary oxide seal that had taken the place of the damaged O rings, removing a barrier to flame rushing through the joint. Had it not been for the wind shear, the fortuitous oxide seal might have held through booster burnout...

wagnerologist1984 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Just as the shuttle approached Max Q, it slammed through the most intense wind shear ever experienced to date in the space shuttle program. A tracking film camera captured the beginnings of a plume near the aft attach strut on the right SRB. Unknown to those on Challenger, hot gas had begun to leak through a growing hole in one of the right-hand SRB's joints.

MegPhantom (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Obviously not. The shuttle exploded due to the weather freezing sections of the solid rocket boosters. I'm sure that whenever those brave astronauts hear that command, their heart jumps a little. I know mine will, if I ever succeed in getting the job.