Started watching this tonight. I wasn't alive for this so it's pretty riveting to watch.
Anyone else watched this?
Anyone else watched this?
Challenger Netflix Documentary
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I have, but I think I have an episode or two left. I agree, it is really really good
I was a senior in college when this happened. I learned about it on the TV's at our student union. I skipped class watching the news coverage, and then walked back to my frat house in a slight state of shock.
I watched it and was fascinated. It still makes me angry and sad.
I was a grad student and working in a campus coffee shop with a TV that had drawn a crowd. Whatever news anchor we had on (Brokaw or Rather or whoever) kept talking about recovering the crew. I said something to the effect that no one survived that and was put down for my negativity. I felt it was pretty clear and was crying.
I was a grad student and working in a campus coffee shop with a TV that had drawn a crowd. Whatever news anchor we had on (Brokaw or Rather or whoever) kept talking about recovering the crew. I said something to the effect that no one survived that and was put down for my negativity. I felt it was pretty clear and was crying.
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I watching it right now. I was it explode when I was in 7th grade and our teacher brought in a TV to watch it live. At the exact moment we thought that nothing was wrong. Our teacher just turned it off right away and wheeled the TV into the hallway
Our English teacher "female" did the same thing. Started crying. Honestly I had no idea what was going on.
I was in first grade. I remember going down the hallway to watch it in the art room (maybe the only room in the school with live tv?). I remember watching the small screen from the opposite corner of the room, but can't recall the explosion. What I do recall is oddly anxious teachers and being suddenly shuttled back to our home rooms.
I was in class at Iowa State and the wife told me when she picked me up after class. I had a hard time comprehending what she was saying when she told me because it was so unbelievable.
I think I was in 2nd or 3rd and same deal. We were watching it on TV live and a bunch of little kids saw the thing explode. We all knew it was bad though based on the adult responses.
I have multiple sons who are engineers. I have told them this documentary should be mandatory viewing for them. Kind of a joke to investigate the cause, Morton Thiokol originally tried to stop the launch and NASA was well aware of the problem.
The part with the wife talking about her husband singing The Last Farewell, and the poor guy who got bumped to Challenger so a senator could get on an earlier mission were little details that got to me. The documentary does a good job bringing attention to the other lives lost in addition to Christa McAuliffe.
The part with the wife talking about her husband singing The Last Farewell, and the poor guy who got bumped to Challenger so a senator could get on an earlier mission were little details that got to me. The documentary does a good job bringing attention to the other lives lost in addition to Christa McAuliffe.
I watched it after we finished Away Season 1. Agreed it was really good.
It was late 84 right? I was like 6 months old so I obviously don't remember it. I barely remember Princess Diana dying and how big that was on the news.
edit I see it was Jan 86, so I was almost 2.
It was late 84 right? I was like 6 months old so I obviously don't remember it. I barely remember Princess Diana dying and how big that was on the news.
edit I see it was Jan 86, so I was almost 2.
They didn’t mention it much but I always heard the crew survived the explosion and died from either the fall or lack of oxygen.
I can't imagine they could have survived that explosion, but I guess the shuttle was built to be able to withstand re-entry, so who knows? But that was a huge explosion.
I was a Radioman on the USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 in the middle of the Indian Ocean when it happened. I received the message over the teletype (I know I am dating myself). Had to contact the captain so that he could inform the crew. Didn’t get to see the footage until much later.
I just read more about it and it was not really and explosion. Even though it looked like one. They lived through it for a few seconds but were up at 65k feet and probably died from that. here is the link
5 Facts About the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster | HISTORY
All seven astronauts died in the January 1986 disaster.
