wyciokas (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

It's impossible to land during the SRB unseperated

robynchoochoo (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

You did very good with this movie. I love it. Every time I see a TV show or on the Computer about the Spce Shuttle Challenger I always learn new stuff about what happen to it. I love space shuttles. I think they are cool.When I was younger I went to go see Space Shuttle Atlantic blast off. It was very coll. You could feel the fire across the lake. It was very fun to see a Space Shuttle launch in the air.

m3w1th1n (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

agree with you, but don't bring them back.

BRTowe (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

Ah, I just read where there is no abort until SRB burnout. Too bad. Can't understand why though.

flatsignedbooks (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

I wish that it could have been that way but impossible

BRTowe (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

They couldn't have dumped the boosters? Seems like you could just release them and let them go and then dump the fuel tank and fly it home.

flatsignedbooks (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

How would you abort after SRB ignition? Once lit, they are hauling azz in a glass. The shuttle would have been shreaded to bits due to the high loads of an abort with srb's burning. Either way, they were committed. It's good to be a country bumpkin. lol

BRTowe (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

If someone had been watching a bit closer, that o-ring failure would have been noticed soon enough to abort and ditch the boosters and fuel tank. I could tell it was screwed and I'm just a country bumpkin. I know if a rocket scientist had seen it he would have known something was bad wrong and could have ordered an abort. Oh and the commentator on the Challenger incident cracked me up, though the disaster isn't funny. "...obviously a major malfunction.." No kidding, the damn thing blew up.

BRTowe (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

Video is well done, but I must say in defense of NASA, this mission was delayed 18 times over the course of 2 years. EIGHTEEN! You can only delay so many times before you say, "Damn boys, we gonna build a fire in this thing and launch it, or sit here and look at it?" Two crashes in 125 flights isn't too bad considering what they do. 20,000 mph and 3000 degree heat on re-entry can't be easy on vehicles. You can't predict everthing. That said, Challenger could have been saved. cont.

ZRKFilms (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

it would of been nice if he included both return to flight missions showing their missions contuining