25 Years after the Challenger Disaster...

[DanielJones]

Challenger's lessons still echo 25 years later
Twenty five years after shuttle Challenger exploded lessons from the tragedy continue to influence NASA's decisions today.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/challenger-s-lessons-still-echo-25-years-later-23987225



7 myths about the Challenger shuttle disaster
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11031097/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Challenger Disaster - A NASA Tragedy
NASA's Shuttle program was begun in the 1970s, to create reusable craft for transporting cargo into space. Previous space craft could only be used once, then were discarded. The first shuttle, Columbia was launched in 1981. One year later, the Challenger rolled off the assembly line as the second shuttle of the US fleet. They were followed by Discovery in 1983 and Atlantis in 1985.

http://space.about.com/cs/challenger/a/challenger.htm

25 years later and it still doesn't see thai it was all that long ago.

Cheers!

Dan

[DanielJones]

NASA marks 25th anniversary of Challenger accident

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Hundreds gathered at NASA's launch site Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, receiving words of hope from the widow of the space shuttle's commander.
The chilly outdoor ceremony drew space agency managers, former astronauts, past and present launch directors, family and friends of the fallen crew — and schoolchildren who weren't yet born when the space shuttle carrying a high school teacher from Concord, N.H.., erupted in the sky.
The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 — just 73 seconds into flight — killed all seven on board, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110128/capt. ... qt7NrKmg--

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110128/ap_on_sc/us_challenger_memorial

Cheers!

Dan

[CharlieB]

I remember it well. I have wondered if the feelings many had when they heard about it were anything like those of people first hearing about the Titanic sinking.

Both very unexpected and "firsts".