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Challenger: The Final Flight (Netflix)
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:22 pm
I’m totally crushing on Christa McCauliffe’s back-up in the Teacher in Space Program, Barbara Morgan. She seems like the kind of teacher I would have been real sweet on when I was a kid.
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Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:22 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:23 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago. Such a needless tragedy.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:25 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Not me but Good series.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:26 pm to boston vol
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I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago. Such a needless tragedy.
Lots of criminal negligence in that tragedy. To think that the night before, there was a vote by Thiokol executives and not one voted to tell Marshall Space Flight (Booster) to issue a no-go on the launch.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:32 pm to UndercoverBryologist
If I remember correctly, I think at one point, the pilot(s) pulled the two teacher astronauts aside and leveled with them that the space shuttle was more dangerous than NASA was willing to admit.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:36 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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I’m totally crushing on Christa McCauliffe’s back-up in the Teacher in Space Program, Barbara Morgan.
Yeah, well this is her when she finally did go into space on STS-118:
And more recent:
Sorry to crush your fantasy.
This post was edited on 3/10/21 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:36 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I remember there was a dude teacher candidate who was pressing hard for the position. He had his students contacting news sources to get his story out. I think his mistake was that he was banking on the fact that he looked like an astronaut. That's exactly what NASA didn't want. Another Mercury/Apollo looking white guy wouldn't stand out like a female teacher.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:37 pm to TheFonz
Age catches up with us all. She was still cute for 56 year old in 2007 (when she finally made her spaceflight).
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:38 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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I remember there was a dude teacher candidate who was pressing hard for the position. He had his students contacting news sources to get his story out. I think his mistake was that he was banking on the fact that he looked like an astronaut. That's exactly what NASA didn't want. Another Mercury/Apollo looking white guy wouldn't stand out like a female teacher.
Nobody wants to see their gym teacher/driver's ed teacher/football coach in space.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:40 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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Age catches up with us all. She was still cute for 56 year old in 2007 (when she finally made her spaceflight).
I don't think little kid me would've thought she was cute back in the 80s either. But to each their own though.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:52 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Jesus Christ, lots of Judy Resnik fanboys in this thread:
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:54 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I remember watching it explode while in school, as the teachers had paused class to pull out the TV and let us watch it.
Needless to say, having watched it actually happen as a child, I am unlikely to watch a special on it as an adult.
Needless to say, having watched it actually happen as a child, I am unlikely to watch a special on it as an adult.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:59 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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That's exactly what NASA didn't want. Another Mercury/Apollo looking white guy wouldn't stand out like a female teacher.
Around the time of the PMRC hearings in the 80s, John Denver was pushing hard to get on the Space Shuttle. I thought it was pretty selfish how hard he was trying. And IIRC on the same trip to DC for the PMRC hearings, he was also scheduled to meet with some Senators to get their support for the Shuttle trip. So when he showed up for the hearings, I think everyone expected him to kiss up to the Gores, since it might help him in his quest. But to a lot of people's amazement, he was strongly against the warning stickers after he experienced radio stations refusing to play Rocky Mountain High because they thought it was a song about drug use. He surprised the hell out of Dee Snider.
And of course he never did get on the Shuttle...
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:02 pm to skrayper
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I remember watching it explode while in school, as the teachers had paused class to pull out the TV and let us watch it.
Needless to say, having watched it actually happen as a child, I am unlikely to watch a special on it as an adult.
There's officially 4 "Where were you when you heard?" moments: Pearl Harbor, JFK Assassination, Challenger, and 9/11.
Of those 4, it was the Challenger explosion that was most seen live because schools were supposed to be watching it live as it happened. Something like 20 percent of the U.S. population saw it live. Possibly only rivaled by the impact into the second tower on 9/11, but even that was hard to see because it was 9:00 in the morning and while NBC, CNN, etc. covered the second plane live, most people still hadn't heard about the first plane.
This post was edited on 3/10/21 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:08 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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So when he showed up for the hearings, I think everyone expected him to kiss up to the Gores, since it might help him in his quest. But to a lot of people's amazement, he was strongly against the warning stickers after he experienced radio stations refusing to play Rocky Mountain High because they thought it was a song about drug use. He surprised the hell out of Dee Snider.
Donny Osmond as well. Tipper thought she could seed the musician speakers with people on her side, but the milk and cookies boys didn't cross the picket line.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:38 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Is this the one starring Les Miles?
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:39 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Is this the one starring Les Miles?
Nah. This is a 4 part documentary series on Netflix. Pretty good. 4/5 stars. You don't learn much new about the disaster, but the behind the scenes footage of the crew is pretty interesting.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:50 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I pre-ordered my Christa McAuliffe commemorative silver coin from the Mint.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:52 pm to Twenty 49
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I pre-ordered my Christa McAuliffe commemorative silver coin from the Mint.
That's cool. She seemed pretty cool herself. She seemed to be really gung-ho about her involvement in the program. I bet she was a nice person to know in life.
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