Why The Challenger Space Shuttle Exploded | Countdown To Catastrophe | Spark
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- In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. The disaster sent shockwaves through the world as the dangers of space travel were once again emphasised to anyone attempting to make the journey to space. With internal pressure to launch on time and engineering concerns being ignored, could this tragedy have been avoided?
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This is what happens when you don’t listen to the engineering experts that you hire especially if they had warned you about multiple fatal flaws since the start of the shuttle program the O Rings in the Solid Rocket Boosters being one of them and the foam impacts too and because NASA decided not listen and take action we lost 14 brave astronauts in the shuttle program
That's true but there are hazards associated with space flight. Unfortunately they were accelerated in this circumstance. It was probably an ill fated decision. I agree
This is why I always tell people in the manufacturing industry that the littlest details cause the biggest problems.
Almost all disasters are caused by a number of small details, that each on their own would be harmless, to combine.
I was in North Miami atop the Golden Glades interchange when the rocket took off. It was a super clear day. I watched the explosion as it happened. It was far so I didn’t realize what I was looking at until I got back in my car. The radio announced the explosion within minutes. Even after all these years, knowing I watched those amazing people die, live, makes me sad.
I thought you were full of 💩 at first but then I realized I misread, and Miami although far is within range
I was in West Palm Beach, on top of a Best Buy pharmacy replacing a a/c filter and saw it all happen. I got down and went into the pharmacy( I knew the two pharmacists had a small TV. That is where I learned that all seven had perished. Then later on reading it was because of an O ring that failed because the higher ups Wanted it to be launched THAT day! I sure hope these higher ups have learne a very strategic lesson from this. Of course, it doesn't matter now that they have stopped using the Space Shuttle
It's extremely easy to make careless decisions when consequences are paid by others.
i was only 9 but i kind of remember watching this in the gymnasium.
RIP
One thing this video missed was the best and most critical example of schedule slippage and pressure: the 24th flight, STS-61-C Columbia. Columbia had been scheduled for December 18, 1985, but was delayed six times until January 12, 1986. This in turn delayed STS-51-L Challenger's mission since components from Columbia were needed for Challenger's. The mission's duration was curtailed from seven down to four days to get Columbia back, but due to unacceptable landing weather, Columbia could not land at KSC, but at the alternate site at Edwards Air Force Base in California, which necessitated several days in getting the orbiter back on the 747.
Had Columbia not been delayed so severely, it's likely Challenger would never have seen that severe cold weather on January 28, and would most likely have launched safely into orbit.
Had they launched that Sunday, they would've been good too. The weather prediction was wrong, imagine that. They could've launched Monday, but they had problems with a locking bolt on the crew cabin door.
@@Kyle-gb9dq True, but they never would've been close to being pushed up against that schedule "wall" had Columbia launched in December or even very early January.
The Columbia launch preceding the Challenger disaster should not have taken place at all and the main payload on board could easily have been put back to a later mission. The unnecessary Columbia flight added needless pressure on management to launch Challenger, even in conditions too dangerous to launch. Challenger could and should have been launched earlier when the weather was warmer and likely would have reached orbit safely. Of course, though, the o-ring problem would not have been addressed if there had been no no tragedy, the tragedy would probably have happened On a later flight instead.
The Head Engineer (Allan McDonald) that spoke to the Investigation Committee is one of the most HONORABLE MEN I have EVER SEEN! GOD BLESS YOU SIR!
I stayed home from school on this day to watch the launch. My uncle, aunt, and myself were all about the space program and so excited to see its progress. We were immediately heartbroken and in tears of disbelief. We all said at the exact same time…”NO…NO…NO! This can’t be! I will never forget this moment till the day I die. All for money. That’s why this happened. If they would just have waited a few more hours till the temperature rose🤦♂️
@11:40, there were no launch suits in 1986. The crews launched wearing the blue coveralls they'd wear during the flight. It was the "just an airliner" mentality that NASA had prior to the disaster. (The first crews, during the earlier test flights, when it was just the commander and pilot flying, did wear traditional pressure suits. But, by 1986 those had been deemed needless.)
You know what happens to rubber seals when they are frozen and subjected to those kinds of forces eh? There was ice on the chain link fence in West Palm Beach that day, I watched it come apart from there. I had seriously bad feelings about their decision to go up on such a frigid day.
Oh💍 🏴☠️ Bless the brave Challengerr crews hearts!! 💐
They were warned.. 😔
The voice over for the Italian astronaut is excellent
That thumbnail does a real disservice to this tragic event.
Kinda says something when you pick the southernmost point in the (contiguous) United States (would've been cost prohibitive to use Hawaii) and it STILL can get icy cold in the "Sunshine State.."
When you get Richard Feinman telling you you fucked up, you’ve done fucked up.
Great explanation in the simplest terms. Thank you.
47:30 - “…hastened the demise of America’s Space Shuttle.”
The Columbia disaster hastened the demise of the shuttle, not Challenger.
Before Columbia, NASA was making plans about how to keep the shuttle flying well into the 2030s.
Pray Peace to the Immortal Souls of the Space Mission.
Bless those who crewed Columbia and Challenger. Bless their hearts of the supervisors who refused to listen to the experts
And the lady with the final green light still works for nasa....smh.
HBO gotta make a mini series about this like they did for Chernobyl
I was at the corner of the grass when this happened and thought gee golly what’s going on
This, along with the Smarter Every Day's presentation towards the folks now managing the Nasa missions back to the moon is really fascinating in creating a culture of communication and openness. Very interesting.
31:40 Wow, just wow
I’m surprised that as the O-rings were a part that, even with redundancy, was a single-point failure, they weren’t preheated to performance parameters by wires or such prior to lift off.
I mean, car windshields can be defrosted, why couldn’t this crucial component be?
19:55 How the heck do you get hired as an astronaut for the Space Shuttle and not speak English? Did he have a translator go up with him? Doubt all the other astronauts spoke Italian.
The ones that made them launch should have been locked up 4 life and nasa should have had 2 pay out the ass
Is that photo in the thumbnail real? If so, was it really from the same launch?
Remember, this tragedy happened because of Money.
Good morning to you from Kenneth D in Hamilton New Zealand 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Every regulation and policy change is written in blood.
bedtime for ronzo
I never knew Reagan gave that speech
they gave it away in the first minute of the video. lol
This thumbnail was made with midjourney and doesn’t make sense haha
Anything A.I. is dumb and needs to stop. It's lazy.
Challenger didn't exploded. It break up due to aerodynamic stress.
managment shouldve listened to engieers
Dudes got some serious British teeth going on
Good God that there was no people inside....
Jerk
The STS was ungodly unsafe. Surprising they didnt all explode
Were the astronauts aware that the Morton Thiokol designers refused to authorize the launch?
NO
Challenger didn't explode, it broke up due to aerodynamic forces. Fix your title.
The saliva noises his mouth makes is disgusting.
Worst thumbnail on the Internet
Nobody was aboard. Never was, never will be.
What a beautiful Psyop.
There are also people who deny the things that happened even if it hits them in the face and it is even proven by hard facts ,evidence and data all you can do is ignore these people because they’re opinions will never change
Take your meds.
@@giminai8000 - well said brother!
The hard facts being they are still alive and well now living protected lives for participating in these types of CIA Psyop programs called FEMA crisis actors.
The other commenter most likely believes that 911 was carried out by duder in a cave & the recent Hawaii fire was a powerline spark on a windy day.
Ok. I'll go with what some head up ass youtube comment guy says instead of piles of indisputable evidence and actual smart people called engineers.
What a fucking moron.
Please go troll somewhere else with that stupidity!
The Challenger NEVER exploded. Get you facts straight.
Because the space you all speak of does not exist 🤦🏾♂️ 😆
What are you talking about?
@@teclabs57oh, the usual conspiracy goodiness. Best to just ignore it.
@@justinthomas7222 nice to know you don’t think 👍 lol
@@teclabs57 you wanted to go to didn’t you? Lol fools
@ajclark1530 no I'm staying on our lovely planet.
Thank goodness for SpaceX. NASA sucked. Cost plus contracts suck.
NASA saved SpaceX from almost certain bankruptcy with the CRS-1 contract. Just ask Elon Musk.
Dumbest comment ever.