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26 years ago today, on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off the pad for its journey into space.
73 seconds later, it exploded, and was lost with all hands.
It was eventually determined that an O-ring sealing one of the solid rocket boosters failed, after exposure to low temperatures outside its design specification. Warnings from engineers were disregarded, and the failure of the O-ring sent a jet of flame into an external fuel tank and some of the mounting hardware for the rocket booster.
26 years ago today, on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off the pad for its journey into space.
73 seconds later, it exploded, and was lost with all hands.
It was eventually determined that an O-ring sealing one of the solid rocket boosters failed, after exposure to low temperatures outside its design specification. Warnings from engineers were disregarded, and the failure of the O-ring sent a jet of flame into an external fuel tank and some of the mounting hardware for the rocket booster.
I was in Brandon that morning.
It was one of the few times I saw puddles in the street begin to freeze over.
I wondered about the wisdom of launching on so cold a morning.
26 years ago today, on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off the pad for its journey into space.
73 seconds later, it exploded, and was lost with all hands.
It was eventually determined that an O-ring sealing one of the solid rocket boosters failed, after exposure to low temperatures outside its design specification. Warnings from engineers were disregarded, and the failure of the O-ring sent a jet of flame into an external fuel tank and some of the mounting hardware for the rocket booster.
...If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward....
Thomas Edison
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