Remembering Challenger crew 30 years later

[Youngeyes]

30 years ago, these brave men and women gave their lives for the advancement of the human race. I take this opportunity to salute and remember this incredible act of courage. It showed that we are worthy of such a sacrifice.

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

[wav3rhythm]

RIP crew of STS 51-L.

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[Bamboo]

Anyone who gets a chance to visit the KSC Visitors Center should be sure to visit the Forever Remembered memorial. It is pretty intense.

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2016/01/27/ksc-memorial-astronauts-forever-remembered/79293926/#

[Jake Di Vita]

Amen.

The worst part is Roger Boisjoly knew about the faulty O rings 6 months before launch and lost his career for trying to warn of the impending disaster. http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/result-would-be-catastrophe.html

I get angry just thinking about it...

Edited January 29, 2016 by Jake Di Vita

[wav3rhythm]

Amen.

The worst part is Roger Boisjoly knew about the faulty O rings 6 months before launch and lost his career for trying the warn of the impending disaster. http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/result-would-be-catastrophe.html

I get angry just thinking about it...

Truth, Lies and O-Rings is a great book on the tragedy. NASA really lost their way after the Apollo program. Incidentally, the Apollo 1 disaster anniversary was also this week.

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[bountyhunter]

Amen.

The worst part is Roger Boisjoly knew about the faulty O rings 6 months before launch and lost his career for trying the warn of the impending disaster. http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/result-would-be-catastrophe.html

I get angry just thinking about it...

Truth, Lies and O-Rings is a great book on the tragedy. NASA really lost their way after the Apollo program. Incidentally, the Apollo 1 disaster anniversary was also this week.

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It is sad anytime there are lives lost which easily could have been avoided.

Back then I was also working as a design engineer and I distinctly recall wondering what in the world all those "passengers" were doing aboard a mission with that level of risk to life. NASA was really into making it look like it was as safe as a drive to the store but two ships lost showed that was nowhere near true.

Anyway, sad we had to lose lives on those missions.

[Hi-Power Jack]

Not a space ship - it's a capsule on the end of a giant firecracker ...

Unfortunately.