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@robertjennings397

Жыл бұрын

Poignant remark

@dustinmichaeledwards5616

Жыл бұрын

Well not all these things that you say are gomms

@crotaflyingsolo4759

Жыл бұрын

@@dustinmichaeledwards5616 What the hell does that mean "GOMMS"? If you are disagreeing with me then you are WRONG! IT IS KNOWN!

@dongregg6075

Жыл бұрын

@@crotaflyingsolo4759 i think he meant gems. But then again who knows.

@kenneth-dk9nv

Жыл бұрын

Above you see my point.ignore one person's mistakes and do not entice more.

This video was somewhat misleading in representing that the flight was considered to be fully normal until abnormalities began during re-entry. The foam was videotaped striking the wing during the launch and was noticed during or shortly after launch. There was concern about whether it might have caused damage. There were efforts to photograph the wing in orbit to assess the damage. There were concerns about the safety of re-entry from the start but there was little alternative but to try. It is true that most NASA experts voiced confidence that re-entry would be fine, but the disaster was not a complete surprise to anyone who was following the details of the mission.

@richb.4374

Жыл бұрын

The manufacturing process of the external tank was changed and the foam coating process was also changed by Nasa to supposedly improve the foam and keep it from breaking off in flight. The changes made turned out to make things worse than the original design. Sometimes engineers should leave things alone if they work.

@slthbob

Жыл бұрын

The omission of those facts in this explanation of events is indicative of the CYA culture... yet the video mentions foam shedding as being witnessed on multiple missions... to excuse it.

@jamesthefirst8790

Жыл бұрын

Scott Purcell... You know what? The only reason I watched this video was to check if those things mentioned by you were in the video. I don't think it was made public, but those connected with the Mission were aware of the danger from the first day. Only months later the investigation revealed that they knew from day one about that piece of foam striking the wing. I don't know if ground control made aware the crew about the danger and don't understand why this video doesn't mention it.... making it, in fact, a semi-fake video... Part of the investigation is not revealed.

@terryritter7065

Жыл бұрын

@@richb.4374 the point of the improvement was because the foam wasn't working.

@richb.4374

Жыл бұрын

@@terryritter7065 I get that. However, the supposedly "new" process was worse than the original foam process and caused the disaster. It's sad that those poor astronauts lost their lives over a chunk of foam.

Columbia was the only shuttle launch I saw live when I lived in Florida. Absolutely amazing! When it was scheduled to return, I sat outside my apartment, hoping to get a glimpse of it gliding back home. When the shuttle missed official touchdown time, I instantly knew something had gone wrong. I'll never forget either of those days.

@hortenseweinblatt1508

Жыл бұрын

The same thing was happening to me. I was in Orlando with my wife and our young nephew, and they were already downstairs at the bus that would soon go over to Disney, but there was time for me to stay in our room to watch the news about the return, and I intended to go out on our room's balcony to see if I could glimpse the shuttle going by. ~~ I also knew immediately that "late" meant ... curtains. ~~ After it was certain, I hurried down to the bus. I looked left and right as I went through the lobby, thinking, "They don't know, yet ..." ~~ I said nothing, in the bus. I did not want our nephew to overhear. As the bus went down the road, I watched the sides of the road for cars pulled over to listen to their radios - there were some few. ~~ At Disney, as we walked from the bus let-off, some Latino grounds workers called to me, urgently, asking a moment of my time, wanting to find out if I could verify what they thought they had just heard about. I told them, with equal amazement and disbelief on my face, "Yes, apparently, the Shuttle has crashed."

@lukefreeman828

Жыл бұрын

@Tess Stickels Stop spreading your bullshit conspiracy theories

@esteban1487

Жыл бұрын

@Tess Stickels 👎

@Coinz8

Жыл бұрын

​@Tess Stickels that video is fake

@leecowell8165

11 ай бұрын

I never witnessed any part of the shuttle program but I worked on the Apollo program at the cape we had computers up there that were always breaking. Amazing that everybody got back here in one piece in that program but that SATURN 5 was a helluva rocket. It made the shuttle look like a toy.

RIP Rick Husband (1957-2003) William C. McCool (1961-2003) Michael P. Anderson (1959-2003) Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003) David M. Brown (1956-2003) Laurel Clark (1961-2003) and Ilan Ramon (1954-2003)

As a teen I watched the Challenger disaster unfold live in school. It will stay with me forever. As an adult living in Texas I saw the trail of Columbia's descent only to find out a few hours later across east Texas and Louisiana the breakup of Columbia. It too will stay with me forever. God bless the people brave enough to break the hold of earth and accomplish something so few will ever experience. And grant peace to the families directly impacted by these disasters.

@neteepava6408

Жыл бұрын

Que triste por dios

@dicedmeat7857

Жыл бұрын

ugh, I couldnt imagine being alive at the moment of two tragic accidents of what was meant to be an achievement

@EmperorNerox

Жыл бұрын

We watched it live in 1986 in art class I was in 11th grade I thought the explosion was cool. The teacher was crying . It really didn't bother me back then at all.

@micheleford4282

Жыл бұрын

yeah my dad used to take me to all the launches i always wanted to be an astronaught as a kid. i was there when challenger went down and when columbia launched and for atlantis last launch living in ga though i didnt see columbia crash thank goodness. but challenger messed me up i cried its definately not something a kid should see but lots of kids were there.

@steveburrus8855

Жыл бұрын

@@dicedmeat7857 Well I, going on 71, was.

To this day, watching the ion trails on video as the shuttle disintegrates is chilling. Witnessing 7 heroes lose their lives is gut wrenching. I can remember everything about that day. It was my daughters 1st birthday, family and friends joined us, but it didn’t feel like a day to celebrate at all. RIP Astronauts. You will never be forgotten.

@jorgepineda993

2 жыл бұрын

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@AALavdas

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember that, too. I was speaking with my brother, and he had his PC on, browsing some news, and I got a glimpse of something like "communication lost with Columbia". Some time later, we saw the video...

@Scrapla1

2 жыл бұрын

I remember it too I was at work and we were watching it in the breakroom you could hear a pin drop

@kwaddamage8286

2 жыл бұрын

whats even more gut wrenching is seeing all the onlookers and knowing 90% of them were friends and family. all having to witness that live

@Sol-Cutta

2 жыл бұрын

@@AALavdas pc??? Did they have pcs then? Here in UK we had at best BBC model a and b..there was no such thing as pc here.

I can remember everything about that day. I knew one of the Astronauts personally as I had gone to college with him. I knew his wife and daughters were waiting for him and couldn't even imagine what they were going through. I was going to school to take the final test needed to get my Master's and I had to pull over because I was suddenly sick. When I got to the testing location, I was late and had to explain, and luckily, it was enough for them to let me in. It is a miracle I passed. RIP Columbia, especially Michael Anderson.

@rebeccastone3301

2 жыл бұрын

Deeply sorry for your loss … and everyone who lost a friend or loved one as a result

@bill1260

2 жыл бұрын

where were the astronauts found ?

@ese30

2 жыл бұрын

@@bill1260 imposible

@mitchell3877

2 жыл бұрын

He is still alive

@matthall8378

2 жыл бұрын

Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

Watched this terrible tragedy unfold from my front porch in Austin, TX. Initially, I thought it was a commercial aircraft over Austin. I was very surprised when I learned that it was the STS and that it was actually over Dallas. I'll never forget that feeling of horror, dread and helplessness in knowing that people were dying and there was nothing anyone could do to help.

Sorry- I wasn’t even trying to proof read the screen text and picked up on 3 typos. Really detracts from the importance of the subject matter.

@UntrepidOne

5 сағат бұрын

Not really.

We indians have lost our "PROUD" Kalpana Chawla. May God let rest all the 7 soul in heaven proudly.

@shameem_mohd2289

2 жыл бұрын

💐💐💐

@mannict

2 жыл бұрын

Praying for the people who took your lands, murdered 77 millions and put you on Reservations is not BIBLICAL. God is destroying this white man's KINGDOM?

@jamesm3471

2 жыл бұрын

@@mannict Wrong Indians champ, better luck next time though…

@peteralia661

2 жыл бұрын

@@mannict what?

@peteralia661

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesm3471 lol

That day I was at College Park Campus watching in an eatery with my brother and saw the disaster live. We threw our food away and had tears running down our faces. It was beyond belief that this happened. Always will remember. Very sad day.......heroes R.I.P.

I was in my final year of high school when this incident happened in 2003, 17 years of age at the time. Came home after classes and this was all over the news. It still sends chills down my spine to this day. R.I.P

@aeoligarlic4024

Жыл бұрын

I didn't remember it happened that year. I was in middle school but somehow i have no recollection of this tragedy

@jesuspallares6212

Жыл бұрын

Whatever boomer you oldies these days are just weird what are you 60 something now sit down grandpa and relax don’t break a hip

@gpt-jcommentbot4759

Жыл бұрын

you were born in challenger disaster

@winchesterp05

Жыл бұрын

Well… I’m guessing you had Saturday school; February 1, 2003 was a Saturday.

@arnoldtarbooz1420

Жыл бұрын

you have a spine? you must not be a Republican. Good for you

My younger brother and I saw the Challenger disaster live in 1986 and it haunted me for many years. I remember the Columbia disaster very well. I live in east Texas in a little town called Mt.Enterprise, halfway between Nacogdoches and Henderson. I was getting ready for work that morning and walked into my kitchen and around the bar. I froze when the bar and the apartment started shaking! The windows in the apartment vibrated so loudly and I heard a boom. I was terrified and actually ducked because I thought we were under attack or there was a huge explosion. I ran outside after I got my bearings and my mother ran outside as well. My apartment was behind my parents place at the back of the property and I asked her what the hell just happened??!! She told me that she didn't know, but that she saw something in the sky that resembled a shooting star. Mind you, I saw nothing but a trail when I looked up, but she saw it and we didn't realize till later what had just happened. I will never forget the sound of that boom and the intense vibration on those windows, and knowing that those people had just lost their lives. R.I.P. to the Columbia crew.

@L8nitedave

Күн бұрын

That video was taken about a mile South from where I lived at the time. From Dallas it sounded like a loud rolling rumble. It wasn't the typical sonic boom. It was more like a series of very loud thuds then a constant rumble. It was surreal to watch it as it happened.

@KeithM-ds1cf

Күн бұрын

@@L8nitedave That's the way I felt watching it on television. I was just a boy, but I remember it like it was yesterday.

I was a senior engineer on the shuttle program, My earlier jobs were on the Midas and Samos secret programs with Lockheed Missile and Space division, There EVERY component and task was survailed by a complex inspection system to insure it was done per the standards everything was subject to. All of those launches were successful! When Lockheed joined Martin Marietta there was a reception where top management was there, I approached the Lockheed manager and asked about the inspection process on the shuttle and was told there would be NO QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTORS! Technicians would be trusted to do their work properly! There is a saying: to err is human! Either the standard concerning the attachment wasn't followed, or was insufficient.

@adamsmith6843

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t even know what to say. I have so many questions.

@chucknorris3984

2 жыл бұрын

It's the same way in many other places you would expect to have top quality for the safety and proper operation of a multimillion-dollar project too (as of 2022). Just remember that. Not everyone cares about the job anymore. Just the money and any way to make more. Even if it's cutting corners...

@helenafranzen9828

2 жыл бұрын

That reminds me about the engineers waving a read flag about launching Challenger and nobody listened. For the sake of money the crew lost their lives. Horrible!

@johnnyyuma3878

2 жыл бұрын

They know about the foam strike after take off. They should of Inspect it in space.

@larrydaniels6532

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenafranzen9828 More like Reagan insisted the shuttle be in orbit as he delivered the State of the Union speech!

As with the Challenger tragedy, I remember this tragedy as well. Even now I still get misty-eyed by what happened. May God Bless and Rest their beautiful souls.✝

@phil1fox

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🤣

@LJW55

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you do realise that your god has nothing to do with it and us humans just fuck up some times...

@nightowlme

2 жыл бұрын

me too. I was only 12 then and barely understood what that meant.

@wiuser1745

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody died, NASA is a giant grift. Do some research.

@nightowlme

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiuser1745 yeh yeh and the world is flat. Loosen up on the tin buddy.

Challenger exploded on my birthday. As a Texan who has friends and family that work at NASA in Houston, space tragedies are hard and never go away.

This makes me sad. I lived in East Texas and was getting ready for class when the Columbia broke up. I remember ashes raining down from the sky. I left and drove back to Houston that day. I will never forget that day ever.

355 different people flew in shuttle missions and a total of 852 total fliers. The last flight was to repair the Hubble telescope at 350 miles up. A great achievement for the US and others who helped with missions. These videos always remind me of the great people who helped dedicate their lives for betterment of humanity.

@classickruzer1

2 жыл бұрын

For the "betterment of humanity" while Russia obliterates a free country and slaughters thousands of innocent humans . While other wars are fought daily, and children are dying of starvation, disease and cancer all over the world. While politician's only interests are self interests. Humans will never be humane.. It's not in our DNA.

@yiannimil1

2 жыл бұрын

@@classickruzer1 russia gave plenty of notice...and ukraine did away with the minsk accords america has established the principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US. and that dna continues... what good for the goose is....

@marcot3333

2 жыл бұрын

It's Hubble

@patkowalczyk1

2 жыл бұрын

@@yiannimil1 Gave notice to invade and steal their country? Both the US & Russia have made some grave errors in the past, but our freedoms are more sought after than Putin's one man show and NO the Ukrainian's aren't running a Nazi regime. Putin has caused much death to innocent civilians with directly targeting them. This will not end well for Putin unless he decides to negotiate an ending soon. Targeting hospitals, schools and apartment buildings and shooting unarmed civilians in the back? This is not 1939 and Poland will not allow for this mess coming into their country. I can only imagine how many of the relatives of the murdered will be committing retaliatory strikes in the center of Moscow and other cities for years to come. Hopefully the people in Russia won't be murdered for speaking out against these atrocities and clear war crimes. I'm actually sorry that the US under Obama posted the left leaning Ukranian leader which prompted Putin to invade. that plus our idiot president Biden whose Afghanistan withdrawal was the worst ever in modern history which Putin must've enjoyed. When you murder innocent civilians and force them to leave their country there will be holy hell to pay afterward from those with nothing to lose. And when these people number in the tens of thousands and WILL get the supplies needed to wage war that war is coming well into Mother Russia 100% for decades to come.

@bigthunder2860

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcot3333 what's hubbles purpose it's a telescope

I was at KSC waiting to see Columbia land. The people out in the public observation area had no idea what was going on. We all just kept looking up, wondering what was going on. Most people stayed there for 20 mins or more past the landing time. It was only when we walked back to the parking area where people had their car radios turned up loud enough to hear the news. It was surreal.

@auti9314

Жыл бұрын

My brother went to Keene State and graduated in 03.

@donnageorge2761

Жыл бұрын

No doubt

@stolearovigor281

Жыл бұрын

It was unreal, because it was a lie.

@generaliroh842

Жыл бұрын

@@stolearovigor281 there goes you

@yzmotoxer807

Жыл бұрын

@@stolearovigor281 bro you believe in lies?? Wake up

You forgot to mention someone noticed that chuck hit and quickly sent a message to head honcho’s at NASA but was yelled at and told to go through proper channels. If he had been listened to perhaps 7 people would still be alive today.

I was on the phone with my fiancée, who was in Japan at the time and she heard the sonic boom over the phone and asked what happened. I thought it was a jet breaking the sound barrier and told her that’s what I thought it was. I had no idea what really happened until later on.

William McCool was a pilot in my naval squadron VAQ 132 on Whidbey Island WA. One of the sweetest officers that I met. I was there when he left our command to go be an astronaut. We thought it was so incredibly awesome that one of our guys was selected to do this. I didn't pay attention to his career at NASA but a few years later after I got out of the NAVY we all see the Columbia in a fireball and even though I wasn't sure if he was on board, I immediately thought about him. Then they showed this picture and I was just crushed.

@JOHN-ZOV

Жыл бұрын

NASA = NEED ANOTHER SEVEN ASTRONAUTS

@MLife1000

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s interesting thank you

@timotmon

Жыл бұрын

@@MLife1000 You're welcome, I wish I could give more details but there's such a separation between the enlisted and officers. Some officers aren't so friendly frankly. Sort of light humor but we always agreed Mr. McCool always lived up to his name. He may have been a Lieutenant Commander or even a Commander when he left but I can't remember.

@MLife1000

Жыл бұрын

@@timotmon 🙏

@DavidRLentz

Жыл бұрын

My heartfelt condolences at the passing of your friend and colleague, Cmdr. William McCool, USN.

Two things: The sub-titles are not up nearly long enough, and it would be SOOOO much easier to read if they were NOT all caps.

@MrSychnant

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, you need to set the video to half speed to read them.

@MrChopsticktech

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they do that so we can't see the spelling mistakes!!!

@lesviljoen1584

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@buddyboy4x44

2 жыл бұрын

See 10:15, several spelling mistakes on just one page. Disgraceful editing.

@christopherstuart607

2 жыл бұрын

A little less dog grooming and a little more practicing speed reading , perhaps?

Like several life changing moments, I still remember where I were and what I was doing when I heard of it and turned on CNN. Seeing the shuttle breaking up made me cry and I immediately thought of the crew, which I've followed more closely than usual during this flight, especially Husband, Chawla and Ramon. My deepest respect to all the brave individuals risking their lives exploring space and expanding human knowledge.

@leecowell8165

11 ай бұрын

We can expand human knowledge WITHOUT putting biologicals at risk! We are NOT designed for that unbelievably hostile environment! I mean look at Hubble and JWST. AND ELT is coming online in 2025 which is an absolute colossal instrument. We also need to find a much faster way of getting around out there space is absolutely a humongous place to go flying around in within our form. We consume vast quantities of consumables as a biological entity. Its totally ludicrous to explore that environment in physical form, people.

Next time give your viewers more time to read the text!

@packerbacker64

3 күн бұрын

Or you could just pause it?

I was traveling across country in my motorhome and I stopped to get some diesel fuel, I don't remember exactly where. But there was a piece of the shuttle right next to the gas station where I was getting the diesel fuel, it was immediately blocked off, and set up with police barriers. Such a sad day for all those astronauts on board and for the world. May they all rest in peace, and thank you for all your sacrifice period and condolences to all the families that lost their loved ones that terrible horrible day. Today is February 19th 2022. It still upsets me when I see Clips like this.

@rexoates4484

2 жыл бұрын

I’m betting somewhere in the Nacogdoches Texas area. I remember later seeing pictures of lots of large pieces of debris in the area.

@collingood7766

2 жыл бұрын

No one died, nobody was inside the shuttle. This is all CGI footage and to keep us living in fear. We never went to the moon and that is a proven fact.

@barbarashirland9078

2 жыл бұрын

WOW!!!

@wmw3629

2 жыл бұрын

@@collingood7766 How can anyone be this GD stupid and full of 💩? You’re a pathetic joke & you need to STFU!

@bill1260

2 жыл бұрын

where were the astronauts found ?

I remember watching the news coverage for both the challenger when I was in like 2nd grade and this obviously much later. There's something about these space disasters that always got to me, even as a little kid I had dreams about shuttles exploding for years. There's just nothing you can do to stop these things once theyre in motion, givin the unnatural speed, physics and distance involved shit is over before you even know it's happening. Riding an explosion into space I'm honestly surprised these things didn't happen more often, that and the inhospitable environment in space is just death all around you if the slightest thing goes wrong. Very much admire the people that are able to look past all that and still do these things.

@henryrogers5500

2 жыл бұрын

I was 29 in 1986 and remember the Challenger fiasco clearly. But “looking past” it as you say, we are talking about a totally unnecessary careless waste of human life here that could have been avoided had the scientists and engineers or perhaps their managers who were the decision makers on the ground did their due diligence. They, both times, failed to do so.

@frankiecalabria9713

2 жыл бұрын

Me 2 Rob I was also in 2nd grade

@paulweston8184

2 жыл бұрын

I was a year younger I guess. 1st grade here Rob and Frankie. I remember I was home from school that day living just outside of Philly. I can't remember if schools were closed because of snow or if I was sick. I remember watching the Challenger launch and explode live on tv in my living room. I was all by myself. I think I remember using the phone after that, maybe mom had called or I called her. It's strange that I was by myself. I don't think I would've been left home alone. The weird shit ya remember from those days.

@westnblu

2 жыл бұрын

@@henryrogers5500 Not really. With the Challenger disaster and the O rings being susceptible to cold weather yes. This accident could have been avoided if management had heeded the warnings of the engineers. But the issue with Columbia was very different. Foam falling from the external fuel tank and hitting the shuttle had been observed from the get go and many space shuttles would return with missing tiles . Surprisingly the prevailing opinion was its only foam right? It really cant jeopardize the safety of the Ship and crew. Tests were only ever conducted after the Columbia disaster which proved this opinion wrong. Foam hitting the space shuttle can indeed prove deadly as this accident showed. Its really only luck that a Columbia type accident didn't happen decades earlier. if u watch the very first launch of the space shuttle early 80s which ironically is the Columbia space shuttle, u can hear the broadcasters mentioning foam breaking off which in hindsight is rather telling.

@Ryarios

2 жыл бұрын

I was in college when Challenger was lost. One of my elective courses was the study of high-fidelity. Every day before class, the professor would play music. Just before class would start, his assistant would come in and write the name of the song and album on the chalk board for anyone interested. On this day, he walked in and instead of the information he normally wrote, wrote instead " At 11:39 EST, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. 73 seconds after lift-off." and walked out. I will never forget that moment.

The crew survivability part of the investigation is the most chilling part of it all. The moment the orbiter lost control and began breaking up around them, they were all totally aware of it all. They had around 35 seconds to contemplate their fates (which would have felt like an eternity) as they were clearly spinning out of control. Those on the upper deck would have seen through the front windows how parts of the orbiter were separating, the atmospheric drag is low and did not slow large pieces very quickly so they stayed close to the orbiter for a significant period of time, unlike the almost instantaneous destruction of Challenger. The final moments for the crew would have been seeing, hearing and feeling the crew module's final moments before rapid decompression ended it all. They all had trained to experience decompression and the instant white cloud of mist and the sound of air evacuating the compartment would have told them all they needed to know. Mercifully this would be very fast and blacking out and it would happen in just a few seconds. In a way, I am glad that none of them had thought to close their visors. Did the more experienced crew know it was not worth it? Or were they too busy troubleshooting? Imagine if some had their visors and gloves on, they would have survived significantly longer and actually seen the crew compartment breaking up before the blunt trauma got them.

@kulandaivelr1005

11 ай бұрын

Rip

@TishaHayes

3 ай бұрын

It is unlikely that the active flight crew sat there and thought about their fate. They were busy working the problem; Each new thing that turns up, each change in the spacecraft had them thinking of 'working the problem' and trying to find a way to counter the forces that were acting at that instant. They died still working the problem. Now the mission specialists, they may have had time for those tens of seconds to think about what was happening as the lateral forces was slamming them around in their seats. You take enough G's with your head slamming from side to side and it is going to 'ring your bell' and you can't think about much of anything. I doubt that any of them were aware enough of what was happening by the time the crew compartment broke apart. ---- If you have the ability to interpet the telemetry data of what was going on, the forces were not survivable for very long.

NO one says this: WHY : When you see that orange liquid fuel tank on the Shuttle, that's rotten foam, turned orange by UV rays. That's part of why it was discontinued. New, it was tan. it was kept in a field, open to the weather and Sun. Why wasn't it covered and protected from UV rays before being used.

CDR William McCool was the pilot. From 1995 to 1996 he was my Department Head when I was assigned to VAQ-132. He was a great man.

I was at work the day of this. A beautiful day outside. Then came one of the saddest days of my life. Still remember and always will. RIP

@patrickfitzmichael5940

Жыл бұрын

Me too. At blizzard beach WDW.

My tribute to those 7 heroes on the mission. How helpless they may have felt in those final moments when they lost control over the spaceship.

@talkswithvigy7860

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonbp122 for us indians, kalpana is a hero for the ages! She made us believe that we no dream is too big if you believe in yourself!

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

are they only 'heroes' in your opinion because of the tragic fate they experienced call me old fashioned, but I thought a hero was defined by an action they purport on a situation

@DavidDudley-yy2ui

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonbp122 there is a lameness to your existence.

@DavidDudley-yy2ui

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonbp122 I went to medical school with one of those heroes. You are tasteless.

@LgiovanniF

Жыл бұрын

​@@sexobscura then you are an idiot. Going to space is a million to one survival at any time... success has numbed you to the fact that they enter an environment perpetually trying to kill them. Take off and return are some of the most dangerous situations a human can be in and they do it so I can read your contrarian, look how alt thought bs.

I am very young still but my father told me about this tragedy. Deeply sorry for the loss of these brave souls and pray to everyone still impacted to this tragedy

@theharshtruthoutthere

3 ай бұрын

All who works in NASA, also knows, EARTH IS A CLOSED SYSTEM, NOBODY CANNOT LEAVE EARTH, THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO. They all know it, yet willingly deceive. + they are in the masonry club - that says it all. NASA deals with CGI and Hollywood basements, making “SPACE”, to deceive mankind.

...that was a day to remember, not only for the huge setback to the space exploration program, but also for the loss of these astronauts... people that risk their lives just to ensure humanity's breakout to the stars, deserve more than a remembrance... these are the true heroes of our times...no matter their ethnicity or origin country... they were always had my deepest respect, they still do and they will, for the rest of my life... anyone who's putting his life in danger so my kids will have a future in the Cosmos, will do also... 🖖

@vernwallen4246

2 жыл бұрын

🗽🗽🗽👍👍👍

@Elaphe472

2 жыл бұрын

How cheesy. Plus the authorities at NASA give a screw about the life of the astronauts, the foam problem was known and more than once that almost lead to a catastrophe. Same with the seal-ring of the Challenger accident. Screw them. And nothing is done to put in jail these jackasses?

@alwaysopen7970

2 жыл бұрын

Those of us who worked at NASA and were on shift at the time were shocked. Due to NASA TV being broadcast in every control center we were privy to watch all launches and re-entries. I was a satellite flight controller at the time so it was a big hit to me. Our entire staff was numbed by it as was all NASA employees.

@classickruzer1

2 жыл бұрын

Mankind was not put here to have a future in the Cosmos. TRILLIONS of dollars spent that could have been used to feed hungry children, promote peace throughout the world, find cures for cancer and other dseases, etc. Mankind is the most ignorant of all species on the planet.

@Three_Random_Words

2 жыл бұрын

@@classickruzer1 STFU hippie brained moron. The space program contributed heavily towards the technology in use at your fingertips, in hospitals, vehicles, materials, farming, etc etc etc etc Your foggy nebulous notions are a dead end. Thinking humans need exploration, ingenuity, risk, to keep their daily lives worth living, to ignite the human spirit of intellect. Putting humans and habitats on Mars will lead to an explosion of new science and tech to help solve much of what you whine about.

Those moments when the crew knew that catastrophe was at hand are harrowing to contemplate sitting here safely on the ground. The last transmission from Columbia, "Roger, uh, buh..." abruptly cut-off in mid-sentence is quite heart-rending as we know now there would be no other communication.

I remember reports of emails discussing the damage--"If the wing leading edge is damaged, the orbiter WILL NOT survive reentry". The engineers were overruled by a female manager.

Techno Blog. You edited out the "Columbia Disaster", and then you showed the "Endeavour" orbiter. Make your mind up!

What a speed reading exercise... had to rewind several times. So sad to again think about this loss of life and remember all the tragic losses of the space program

@inigo5051

2 жыл бұрын

And what about those horrible gigant unreadable capital letters?

@DANN3TT

2 жыл бұрын

@@inigo5051 and the nasty slideshow transitions.

@TheAxe4Ever

2 жыл бұрын

It was obviously a class in writing something too fast with no thought to accuracy. They called Kalpana Chawla “David” for some inexplicable reason. And at the time the foam struck the wing, the shuttle was traveling at “March” 2.46. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Pfft….amateur video makers.

@e5toro7008

2 жыл бұрын

All you had to do was adjust the playback speed. Simple fix.

@ward3001

2 жыл бұрын

Overall this is a poorly constructed video. Lots of nondescript pictures, some of which have nothing to do with ANY space shuttle. Hey Techno Blog, do you know that no space shuttle ever went to the moon???? Thumbs down on all Techno Blog videos.

Thanks for this video. I was part of the team that did the digital reconstruction of the Columbia Shuttle and confirm the breakage location in the RCC leading edge sections recovered by the team. It was very sad to know we were working on a craft where 7 people perished. It brought back a lot of memories.

@Tamburello_1994

2 жыл бұрын

Take it easy, and thanks.

@leroyrussell8766

2 жыл бұрын

For the life of me, I will never understand why a space walk to examine the space craft, was NOT part of the routine. Why does every procedure that makes sense, have to be first written in blood? I'll be honest. Until this happened, I actually assumed that a space walk inspection was part of the routine. It just makes that much sense...but I was just in the Navy for 20 years...what the heck do I know? I had also assumed that they had repair materials...some sort of expanding foam that could cure and harden in space, and fill in areas that had been damaged. Again, what do I know? When this happened, I remember thinking, "How did they miss that on the inspection? In fact, you would think that with it's location, somebody would have seen the damage just by looking out the window. But I guess it was in the black area of tiles, and so it didn't stand out, or nobody ever decided to look out and actually look at that area of the wing. One last thing...I remember when Apollo-Soyuz happened, a great deal was made of the fact that if an emergency happened, the Russians, as standard procedure had a second rocket ready to launch on a rescue mission for their Cosmonauts, but that we had no such back-up. Again...why? Why did people have to die, before somebody figured out, "Hey, we are sending people into space. It's not like things always go smoothly when we do that. Apollo 13 anyone? Ya think we might want to have a rescue mission on standby, just in case?" It literally boggles my mind that really smart people need ordinary Americans to do their thinking for them, when it comes to things like this. Things that are literally just common sense, and it takes people dying before somebody pulls their heads out of their butts.

@ADX77

2 жыл бұрын

@@leroyrussell8766 yeah, but hindsight bias.

@leroyrussell8766

2 жыл бұрын

@@ADX77 I agree that hindsight is 20/20. The problem is that hindsight should have already applied here. They literally knew there were problems. Damage had already occurred on other shuttles, as noted in this video. So hindsight would dictate that they start doing something about it. All of those measures they put in place after this accident, should have been in place before this accident. But it's as if they always just hoped for the best, even though hindsight should have told them that things go wrong, and when they do go wrong on space missions, bad things can result. It's not like they didn't already have a shuttle blow up on launch, right? It's not like other space missions, such as the crew that burned up on the pad, and Apollo 13 hadn't happened. How does Apollo 13 happen, and yet when Apollo-Soyuz happens, it's the Russians, not Americans, who have a back up plan just in case something goes wrong in space? That's what I'm getting at. How much more did they need to go wrong before somebody pulled their heads out of their butts, and started thinking in terms of, "what do we do if something goes wrong?" Apparently they needed a second shuttle to be destroyed, and another full crew lost. It just boggles the mind.

@MStrickkk

Жыл бұрын

@@leroyrussell8766 You being in the Navy I'm sure you know, if you want something done the wrong way for 100x the price, the US Government are the people you want.

The accomplishments it takes just to be an astronaut are extraordinary. Then you become an astronaut to be even more accomplished. Hard working dedicated people. RIP.

This one hurts...bad ! I knew the crew and went to church with Rick and his wife at Calvary Chapel Merritt Island. They were an awesome crew but all accepted the risks. Manned Space Flight (MSF) is risky...always has been. One of the worst days of my life.

@lalaithan

4 ай бұрын

I'm sorry you and your community lost them. ☹

@rachelflair4835

3 ай бұрын

@@swmplvr What was your intention for writing this? Jealousy? Stupidity? Insecure? Drinking again?

@swmplvr

3 ай бұрын

@@rachelflair4835 my mistake .. was thinking of the Challenger. I deleted my comment. Still not buying into anything NASA is involved with. They have been caught in to many lies.

My heart goes out to the families of those brave astronauts.

@abab-ml1ym

2 жыл бұрын

Brave.....an acceptable discription...

@dannylance5212

2 жыл бұрын

@@abab-ml1ym I could only imagine the guts it must take to be a astronaut. Such courage, and bravery. My hat goes off to them all.

@mr.blackhawk142

Жыл бұрын

Too bad yer 'brain' went 'out' LONG ago!

@IshadaKatzteilov

Жыл бұрын

Why, because they're all still alive? Look em up. Still alive.

@scottgibson6735

Жыл бұрын

@@IshadaKatzteilov You despicable POS,they're all dead l

If you want your audience to read so much text, make it legible: 1) do not use all cap 2) do not use bold 3) do not use condensed. The text should have been set Upper and lower case, regular weight, not condensed.

@floridamike75

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and at 9:19 it's MACH not MARCH check you spelling SMH!!!

@michaelargenta3856

2 жыл бұрын

DO YOUR OWN DAMN VIDEO !!! --- IDIOT !!

@amanchourasia9688

2 жыл бұрын

Be grateful for what you're getting.

@didierbardon8142

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelargenta3856 Displaying text that cannot be read is like displaying nothing. Who's the idiot?

@daviddavidson2111

2 жыл бұрын

If you left the text up a bit longer, it would help.

I have on my wall a completely unique photo of the Columbia on the back of the 747 that carried it to Florida after the first flight. It stopped at Barksdale AFB, Shreveport/Bossier City, La. in April1982. My Photo shows the Shuttle pointed directly at me as I was on a 7 story hangar roof at the time. It's an awesome picture. It is a pic I love dearly as it graces my wall. I have turned down paltry offers by NASA to buy it. But this is indeed the best photo of my life, and I was just 21 when I took that shot. I followed this and other other shuttles throughout their service time. I watched the Challenger's last launch. I missed the Columbia's f9inal reentry though. Kinda glad I did. Wish I could show this to you all here.

@peterdarr383

4 күн бұрын

Have it digitized and share it with other enthusiasts. You OWN IT - - right?? NASA is owned by Americans. I give you "permission" !!

To be completely honest, I had forgotten about this incident. I don't know how. For some reason, I thought The Challenger was the only shuttle to be destroyed. Thank you for posting this video. I won't forget it again. R.I.P.

Much love and respect to all who have made the space flights. They are all brave beyond belief.

@bybit2554

2 жыл бұрын

obody ever

@RS-do1of

2 жыл бұрын

They really are. That really came home to me watching First Man

Working out of Clearwater FL at the time my boss called everyone out to see the launch. I was completely blown away that despite being clean on the opposite side of Florida you could see the launch as clear as day well over 200 miles away. The ploom of the shuttle exhaust looked like it was no further away than across the bay over to Tampa Couldn't see the shuttle itself but you could see the flame from the exhaust as well like a star climbing up into the sky. It was my first and last viewing of a shuttle launch with my own eyes. Only to later be saddened with the news of it's fate and all on board.

@PanamaRose

Жыл бұрын

I was working at Tampa General Hospital at the time the Challenger went up. Me and a coworker went out to see the fireball go up. And we waited.... nothing. Her husband was one of the F-16 jets up keeping the air space clear around the launch site. We ran inside and put the small portable tv on and were shocked!! Sad.

Stop awarding everyone "hearts" and answer their questions instead.

They had 16 days to figure out how to fix the damage on the space shuttle but neglected to solve that problem and risked the lives of the crew

From what I understand, NASA reviewed the launch tape early on, identified that there may have been a problem, and discussed it with the crew. They even discussed sending up another shuttle to "rescue" the crew. However, after talking it over with the astronauts and their smart people, they elected to scrub a rescue mission and have them attempt re-entry as normal. Obviously, in hindsight, it was a bad decision, but the overall point I'm making is they didn't "just discover low tire pressure right before re-entry" as the video depicts. Perhaps I'm wrong, but this is what I heard after discussing it with a bunch of USAF space guys who were close to the mission.

@johannasperski9838

2 жыл бұрын

They had to decide between a "rescue" attempt which would have taken time in which the Columbia would have run out of the ability to provide the crew with air or attempt to re-enter the atmosphere. Either decision was a gamble with very low odds of success.

@Meowww_notttvcat

2 жыл бұрын

You are totally correct.

@rreiter

2 жыл бұрын

The full report would send shivers down your spine if you read it. Nasa was plagued by top management that placed far too high a priority on not interfering with future launch schedules and had a completely inadequate risk-assessment methodology, as well as a management structure that placed critical decisions in the wrong hands and thwarted attempts by concerned engineering personnel who raised the issue or attempted help work the problem. They classified foam-shedding events as in-family "we've seen this before, it was ok then, it should be ok now". It never got as far as "scrubbing a rescue mission' because there wasn't one. They had the ability to get hi-res photos on-orbit but never even tasked their camera resources to do so. Ultimately an incorrect attitude of "there's nothing we can do now anyway" prevailed.

@michaelj.acosta6810

2 жыл бұрын

@@rreiter Terribly sad. Thank you for the info.

@damkayaker

2 жыл бұрын

@@rreiter - I heard that the ground didn't even tell them about the foam strike. Probably because it wasn't really noticed until the investigation began afterwards. But I remember the ground deciding not to tell them because there was nothing they could do to save them. Despicable waste of money NASA was.

I remember watching challenger when I was 8 years old on TV, and I remember watching this. RIP to those astronauts. Truly brilliant persons who were literally the Best of the best at what they did.

@danmatrixshow8763

Жыл бұрын

Obviously not the best.

@TheHiredGun187

Жыл бұрын

I was in 2nd period social studies class when this incident started and our teacher turned on the TV

@drearystate

Жыл бұрын

They were so good, they did what no one else could and didn't make it back safely.

@Sean-ix2tb

Жыл бұрын

I was 14 when that happened.

@stolearovigor281

Жыл бұрын

I remember watching Chinese falling on the streets 3 years ago. Still haven't seen one in real life. Challenger astroclowns are alive.

One stupid little piece of foam could cause such critical damage to the vehicle, and the loss of the crew. I can see why we're moving back to capsule like designs where the heat shields are sandwiched and protected right up until the entry stage. Aside from the devastating loss of the crew, it's depressing because Columbia was the first shuttle to fly into space in 1981.

I can remember the disaster in 1986 it was devastating to watch live on tv in was an 8th grader at the time. And to see this video took me back to that day. It makes me wonder about the families of those astronauts what were they going through and how to this day how they dealt or still dealing with it. So sad!😞

Still cry as I watch this. To see it in person was so heartbreaking. RIP TO THEM ALL.

Why were we watching Endeavour animation about Columbia? And what did the astronaut on the moon have to do with it all?

@58biggles

2 жыл бұрын

And why were the people in Mission Control wearing masks?

@tonycritcher3419

2 жыл бұрын

@@58biggles I missed that one! thank you!

@meljahic3624

2 жыл бұрын

In time on fake moon landing, they have better tehnology, then today...

@tonycritcher3419

2 жыл бұрын

They knew the Shuttle was damaged, so could have tried a rescue mission or letting them know to try and 'crab' the craft to try and reduce heat on the damaged side. But I doubt it would have worked. I believe moon landings were real, or Tom Hanks would have been a role down failing to get there in Apollo 13.

@raven_fpv

2 жыл бұрын

The dude did what he could with what he had.....THAT'S why. Give the man a break instead of critiquing his work.

Still makes me emotional after all these years.

There are multiple errors in this video, including the name of a deceased astronaut. Please have enough respect for the sacrifice of them and their families to double-check your video before broadcasting it.

Nice tribute, but I'm disappointed in the amount of spelling errors in the production. Additionally, the thumbnail depicted a breakup of the shuttle. I was hoping it was going to portray an estimated breakup model based on technical analysis. Do better.

@ronstowell8646

Жыл бұрын

And the ship depicted was the Endevor, not Coulumbia.

@harleydominga

Жыл бұрын

@@ronstowell8646 that pissed me off

@robbiemeyer7326

Жыл бұрын

ARE YOU EVEN SERIOUS????????

@karlhufnagel7700

Жыл бұрын

@@harleydominga lol

@raymesquite

Жыл бұрын

@@robbiemeyer7326 It gives the appearance of being created in an unprofessional manner, like someone in their teens or 20s. There's a very good video simulation of Sully landing the plane in the Hudson River. This video of Space Shuttle Columbia is not that good. It just points out the obvious.

Some context here. The shuttle program with Rockwell International's Space program had managers going back to the Apollo missions, and they along with the engineers were very conservative in their approach. The Shuttle had contingencies for a return of flight if it was determined there was a problem with any part of the Vehicle (Orbiter, ET, Solid Rocket Boosters) where the ET and SRBs could be jettisoned and the Orbiter could return and land at various locations around the world, depending on where they were in the Ascent part of flight. Foam pieces had been chipping off since the missions started, and after the Challenger accident, cameras were placed all over the place to record anything, including debris hitting the Orbiter. Furthermore, there was a group of engineers that made if what was called the Debris team that performed an assessment to determine if the mission had to be scrubbed if it was shown this debris was severe enough to cause catastrophic results during the mission. Around this time of the late 90's, there was much pressure from NASA to relocate engineers from Southern California to the NASA centers in Houston and Florida. Since the Rockwell employees had roots in Southern California with many working on the Apollo Program and other programs related to space flight, Rockwell managers rejected this move. When Boeing bought out both McDonnall Douglas as well as Rockwells space programs going back to around 1996, eventually the Rockwell managers retired and McDac managers took over, and they didn't have the history of the program behind them. So when approached by NASA in the late 90s to move the engineers, they relented in exchange of some promises. I say all of this because that experience team that looked at debris strikes did not move to Florida, and while there was a debris team, those engineers were influenced by NASA to loosen up their analysis, and ultimately were given a thumbs up to continue the mission, thus dooming those astronauts the minute they hit space. At that point, there was essentially nothing that could have been done to save the crew.

@louismcafee7248

2 жыл бұрын

I remember being at Johnson Space Center the year before the Columbia disaster and seeing a craft that was in the design stage that was being developed to save astronauts trapped in orbit. Always wondered what became of it?

I saw the Challenger disaster live on TV and recorded it to my VCR. Played it back frame by frame and it did not take a rocket scientist to see the failure between the stages. Also, FYI, the son of one of the Columbia astronauts was on Naked and Afraid. Also saw man walk on the moon live in the 60s.

@pasindinimsara2186

11 ай бұрын

Wow

I remember this like it was yesterday. I was in Arlington, TX at a Walmart, outside, and heard several sonic booms in quick succession. I didn't know at the time the extent of the disaster, but soon, became horrified.

I live in a Dallas Suburb, and remember hearing and seeing the shuttle break up over the top of us... it was a little strange because usually the flight paths were either further North or South of us but this one was pretty much straight overhead, so I had actually been watching for it to streak over us for its re-entry... Sad, day watching 7 people die in an accident that they could have done nothing about. There were no abort procedures that could have been executed, nor were there any rescue or repair missions that could have been carried out in orbit before the failed re-entry. I was watching it because I was an I guess still am a giant rocket and space nerd. I still find the science and engineering behind machines like the space shuttle, or even the Space X Falcon series rockets, amazing and interesting but I always remember that in my life I have actually seen 2 shuttle accidents and that space is by its very nature unforgiving and dangerous. And its easy for the engineers to get over-confident and become complacent, something that has cost 17 Astronauts their lives in the pursuit of scientific discovery in space. (Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia).

@stclairstclair

2 жыл бұрын

I will never forget the day JR was shot, We all had Dallas on our lips!

@selvappriyaabhavaanee117

2 жыл бұрын

Sir, Ms.Joseph Cota, you are right that "Engineers (and Scientists, added) to get over confident and become compalacent..". At some point every techie just grossly become the victims (actually, believers) of their perceived ability (inability, in fact) to "Control everything and execute every motion of even an atom of their "Creation" with precise precision!" They forget that all of our machines are cent per cent reliable until a small bolt gets lodged under the Mater Key Panel!! Then, "That Machine" becomes three hundred per cent Un-reliable. As if, of all the other five hundred thousand parts, that small bit of heat shield in the sole Life Point in the Spacecraft!! Its because, The Famous Murphy's Law states that, "At certain circumstances, the tiniest of the mechanical part falls accurately into the most in-accessible crevice, that is the King Pin in a Giant Machine. And that, even if we try harder to put it at the same spot purposely, it wont fit in!". Thousands of Scientists, Engineers, Technocrats, Designers, Creators, Mechanics and Novices as well, toil to their most on any Mission Critical Mission. But, their meticulous designing power fail them,to perceive that "Ever Lurking Accident". As far as I know, no mission possessed a cent per cent reliable "Bail Our Plan" in case "That Overlooked flaw caused the fatal accident!". Why?

@philc8703

2 жыл бұрын

Was in Florida on the day of the last shuttle flight's return, everyone just stopped and waited for the sonic boom of re-entry, to know they were all back safely

@TracyA123

2 жыл бұрын

@Briell Yulas yes

@afoxwithahat7846

2 жыл бұрын

Well, they had ejection seats, but then they would need to keep the Shuttle mostly intact till it was subsonic, and just discard the landing. Sadly they didn't have time for anything.

Heartbreaking of course, but after 20+ years of working in a long term care facility, I'd choose this way out vs a slow rotting death in a hospital bed.

@timhaley3459

2 жыл бұрын

The "slow rotting death in a hospital bed" I can appreciate, for my wife of 43 years has been paralyzed and bed-ridden for some 11 1/2 years, and is mentally ill, with me as her 24/7 caregiver since she came into this state. But whether death comes quickly like with the Columbia astronauts in 2003, which I well remember when the explosion occurred on February 1st of that year, that it shook me and my home at about 8 AM on a Saturday morning, or slowly in a hospital bed, death is still our enemy.(1 Cor 15:26 in the Bible) Since death was introduced in the garden of Eden some 6,000 years ago, an estimated 20+ billion people have lived and died, and of which we all have seen someone we knew die, from a mate to a child to a relative to people we did not personally know. But here is what God has promised for those who come to love him: "With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look ! The tent of God is with mankind (on the earth, not in heaven), and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain (of heart) be anymore. The former things have passed away. And the One seated on the throne (God, whose name is Jehovah, see Isa 12:2, KJV) said: “Look ! I am making all things new (as it was before sin that leads to sickness and death was introduced with the rebellion in the garden of Eden, Gen 3:1-6).” Also he says: “Write, for these words are faithful and true". And he said to me: “They have come to pass ! I am the Alʹpha and the O·meʹga, the beginning and the end. To anyone thirsting I will give from the spring of the water of life free. Anyone conquering will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son."(Rev 21:3-7) So, Jehovah God has given a guarantee that he will give perfect health, perfect peace, perfect security and perfect love to those who love him, to those who are "conquering" against his archenemy Satan the Devil (see John 16:33 as well as 2 Cor 6:17, 18), on a paradise earth, to the "meek" ones at Matthew 5:5 as their "inheritance". And to mention one more thing, is that Jehovah God will resurrect qualified ones to give them an opportunity to measure up to being a "meek" one.(see Job 14:13-15; Isa 26:19; Rev 20:13)

@garyk1334

2 жыл бұрын

@@timhaley3459 I'll love your god when it demonstrates that it's actually worth loving . So far I've seen absolutely nothing from it , just a stony silence . I can logically only conclude it's all a fairytale

I seem to recall in previous retelling of this story that NASA was aware of the damage to the shielding before re-entry but decided against informing the crew because there was nothing they could do about it, and just hoped it wouldn't result in catastrophe.

I was also a teenager when the Space 🚀 Shuttle Challenger Exploded and I was in total shocked and it also stayed with me forever and as an adult at 32 years old when the Space 🚀 Shuttle Columbia blew up in the skies of Texas and that was 20 years ago today and I will never forget and I will remember forever. RIP 🙏 to the seven Columbia Astronauts that lost their lives on that dreadful day.

Reading the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report, you could have a pretty accurate description of what the board believes happened nearly every second of the descent, until the shuttle disintegrated. It would have been more helpful if you put that into the animation, instead of titles.

@robertstalnaker5728

2 жыл бұрын

I read they were rotating furiously and some died from blunt force trauma after impacting with the ground. Stuff of nightmares

@tsahiasher

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertstalnaker5728 It was worse than that. They were burned and shredded to pieces long before they reached the ground. Only few remains of the astronauts were found.

@bigbaddms

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsahiasher can only imagine and hope it was over for them quickly. They were going Mach 18 when it disintegrated? What is that 12,000mph? You stick your hand out a car window at 80mph and can barely hold it. Imagine 12,000?

@michaelengle9062

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigbaddms with the forces involved, plus decompression, I doubt they were aware (suffering) long at all. sure hope not.

@DJL0455

2 жыл бұрын

They likely died of broken necks because their heads were not properly restrained, and the force and heat of reentry skeletonized them.

Can't believe this happen almost 20 years ago already. I still remember this like it was yesterday.

I remember as a kid at my grandparents that morning in east Texas when the whole house felt a loud boom and shaking! Didn’t know until later it was from this.

Chawla's first name was not David. Proofreading is a must with videos like these.

I remember seeing the first shuttle landing, and the last. In spite of today's achievements with SpaceX rockets landing back on earth and sea platforms, the Shuttle was one of a kind, and the greatest flying machine ever designed. Truly epic engineering.

@archangelliii2536

2 жыл бұрын

I was in Jr. HS when they launched the 1st shuttle back in April 1981.

@steveskeggy61

2 жыл бұрын

The greatest flying machine ever designed was the Supermarine Spitfire.

@countalucard3405

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveskeggy61 sure sure whatever you say

@Elthenar

2 жыл бұрын

Russia made an interesting clone of the Space Shuttle but the USSR broke up before we could see what it could do.

@ShroomKeppie

2 жыл бұрын

It didn't fly, it fell with style.

I'll never forget the message my long gone dad left for me when the Columbia disintegrated....hes was one of the engineers who spent thousands of hours designing the shuttle, when I was a kid whe laughed as a joke that the shuttle really did drop 2 feet for every three feet they traveled.

@henryrogers5500

2 жыл бұрын

Huh??!!

@007stopjockin

2 жыл бұрын

@@henryrogers5500 Hi. I believe the joke was that the rate of decent was extremely steep, since the shuttle comes in without power. It is essentially falling the whole way down to it's landing. Last boy Scout, is this correct? Please advise, I am now curious. 007

@billynowhere847

2 жыл бұрын

@@henryrogers5500 If I'm not mistaken, he's referring to an old anecdote my Father & I shared, which I'll never forget, when Ford Pinto's disintegrated...He was one of the Engineers that spent thousands of hours designing the Pinto, when I were a wee bloke we laughed that the Pinto did slow 2mph for every 3mph they accelerated. I hope that clears things up for you my friend.

@billynowhere847

2 жыл бұрын

How creepy was that to get a message from your dearly departed father? Did it sound like him or was it a ghostly like tone? Were you sad you missed the call? What was the message he left? Was there caller id & did you try to call him back?

@KyleInOklahoma

2 жыл бұрын

May he rest in peace, my guy. I bet he was incredibly smart.🙏

I've been a space exploration fan since Project Gemini. My favorite Apollo missions are 11 & 15, because they flew during the summer school breaks. I got to watch every moment when the cameras were transmitting. Like everyone else, I had a hard time believing that Challenger had failed. I knew NASA would do everything possible to keep the future flights safe. By and large, they did recover. On a Sunday, after church, I took my family to a pizza parlor... Televisions weren't showing the usual sports...I first thought it was some documentary on Challenger, but the debris being filmed was on land...I asked the girl at counter about it. She said: "You haven't heard? The Shuttle disintegrated on coming back to earth." That one hurt me. It's been years ago, and that hurt's still there...

I was watching the re entry live as I knew in my gut and knew from experience because of Challenger it was doomed. But was praying that the shuttle would hold up just long enough. Hearing ground control call over and over to no response, and then you hear some muffled talking and crackling I knew at that moment they were doomed and moat likely dead. As someone that loved astronomy and grew up with the shuttle program and witnessed challenger my heart dropped. Both crews are my heroes and will be till the day I too return to ash and dust.

I remember watching the Columbia as the first space shuttle launch in 1981, and watching the reports on the day it broke up returning from space. Totally sad to see it happen, especially when it was completely avoidable.

@jsmunitions1471

2 жыл бұрын

Avoidable? They were doomed soon as that chunk of foam blasted a hole in the leading edge of Columbia's wing.

@saltyfox7056

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsmunitions1471 Obviously you are extremely un aware of a shit ton of things. I was following the shuttle since before it's first launch in 81, where were you?

@AmericanFreedom911

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsmunitions1471 Chunk of foam should have never broke off to begin with. Some of us warned NASA when they decided not to paint the EFT white anymore. Perhaps the paint alone would have prevented the dislodge of insulation.

@jogman262

2 жыл бұрын

@ Salty Fox I was taking my AIT at Ft. Rucker Alabama when that first Columbia flight was launched with John Young and Robert Crippen aboard. It was great to see US astronauts in space again.

@leebronock887

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsmunitions1471 And what about the astronomers who tried to get NASA to allow them to survey the underside of the shuttle with a large telescope and were told to mind their own business, this is a strictly NASA affair? I have known people who worked at NASA and they uniformly described the worst sort of bureaucratic dysfunction in the management cadres they had ever seen. Don't let political managers run a science based organization. Don't even get me going about the first shuttle blow up. Feynman's Appendix to the Chalenger Report, and he was the only working scientist on the board of inquiry, displays the insanity of those running NASA. I feel very sorry for all those astronauts who died on the Shuttle disasters. They really did not have to die.

First time I'd heard the Emergency Broadcast System alert followed by actual instructions -- to be aware of and avoid Space Shuttle debris. That was in fact how the news broke for many, including me. I was traveling from Austin to Tyler, Texas at the time of the disaster. Growing up in the cold war, you always feared the EBS would be announcing global thermonuclear war. To hear it used for real was bone chilling.

@billbombshiggy9254

5 ай бұрын

Bruh, you from Texas and never heard it with instructions? Methinks you're forgetting every tornado warning ever.

@lalaithan

4 ай бұрын

@@billbombshiggy9254 Maybe they're a move-in.

Americans often don't know what a big deal was Ilan Ramon's flight onboard the Columbia in Israel. I was just drafted into the IDF four months before and was stationed at a military course. All of the news on the radio and on TV where speaking about it. It was a difficult time in Israel, there where terror attacks almost daily and suicide bombings in civilian centers almost weekly, sometimes more than once a week. The economy was in serious trouble. The anticipated war in Iraq brought about the fear of chemical weapons attack (like it was anticipated in 1991) and people where issued with gas masks in preparation. In such times, Ramon's flight was a sign of resilience and something to be proud of and to expect at a very difficult period. On the night of the landing (it was morning in the states but evening in Israel) we all gathered at the mess to watch the ceremony on TV, but quickly the reporting turned from celebratory to worried and then to depressed. The night that came after was very grim and many of us at the barracks couldn't fall asleep, thinking and talking about what we saw and the very little we knew. The next days where mournful. It really was an historic moment, just not in the way we expected and wanted it to be. May the memory of all seven of the brave astronauts be of blessing.

@tryste_mx

2 ай бұрын

Free Palestine

I remember being woken up by my brother at 6 am after having been on an exhausting field exercise in the Marines to tell me the news. Crazy thing is he actually used to help construct the fuel tank in New Orleans and to this day I have a piece of that fuel tank foam

I was sleeping when this all happened, but I remember hearing the booms. It wasn't until a couple of hours later when I woke up and turned on the TV that I found out what happened and what the booms were. Had I known the shuttle was coming in that morning, I would have been up to watch it and would have seen this tragic event firsthand. RIP to them all.

We were moving from TX to SC when this happened… driving across. I remember seeing the debris and not knowing what it was… asking my ex on the Walkie talkie (no cells then really) what it was and a trucker broke in and told us what he thought it was… he was right.

I saw the launch of the Columbia in August, 1989 so this really hit hard. Video needs a timing edit.

The video of Mission Control during the Columbia reentry is one of the most somber and affecting historical documents I've ever seen. You watch in real time as the mission goes from routine to uncertainty to tragedy and disaster, and it's just a bunch of people sitting in front of monitors, no effects or music.

When I search for why I feel so strongly when I have experienced these events in real-time, or re-live them I think of this. I don't know any of them personally and I am not involved with NASA. Yet, we all know them. These are incredible people, people who have worked hard their entire lives to reach the pinnacle of science and aeronautics success. These are the best of the best doing work that propels our society forward in untold and countless ways. These people and these programs represent this sentiment of what is possible that defines a big part of who we are as Americans. When we lose these people, we all feel it, deeply.

@ian0m

Жыл бұрын

Well said

@steveperry1344

Жыл бұрын

i remember both shuttle disasters and it was a real time for life reflection. i know i felt ill and called in sick the next day at work, it was hard to take, like some other things that happened in our lifetime.

@steveperry1344

Жыл бұрын

@Karl with a K that isn't even funny, those people died a most tragic death, please take it back.

@alexlabs4858

Жыл бұрын

My very kind neighbor was the vice principal of a school during challenger. She said that kids were watching the flight in the auditorium when the accident happened. Among them was a boy, whose mom was the best friend of the teacher on that shuttle. My neighbor said the atmosphere in the auditorium at that moment was indescribable. A moment she will never forget.

@steveperry1344

Жыл бұрын

@@alexlabs4858 that's a sad story, poor kids and both teachers.

One thing in particular has bothered me for years. Early in the accident investigation, it was revealed that the leading edge of the wings had been replaced with a new thermoplastic material. The piece of foam made the hole in this material. I have heard nothing about this since the one time that I heard about it, that being a short documentary showing the development and testing of the new thermoplastic. Does anyone have more information about this?

My wife and I were staying in OKC at a Mariott on the top floor facing south getting ready to go down and eat breakfast that morning and just happened to look outside and saw the shuttle coming apart but did not know that until a few hours later. Very sad that we saw that.

Such a heartbreaking event will be stuck in many of our memories for many years to come.

It is a heart-felt, beautiful presentation, marred by Spell-Os (Thorough, Ascent at 10:13). Also, not mentioned fundamentally, was discovery of the strike damage (known much earlier in mission flight) at Mission Control. Rescue/Shelter options were considered and dismissed as not feasible due to Mission equipment limitations (no tunnel/airlock that was ISS compatible, insufficient EVA suits to transfer by line crawl, no flight-ready back up Shuttle, and no onboard tile replacement kits. I cried. We all cried. We still weep.

@jogman262

2 жыл бұрын

I still believe they could have docked with the ISS. NASA says it wasn’t possible I say bs. What’s worse they knew there was possible damage and didn’t even tell them.

@billsmith9966

2 жыл бұрын

How unbelievably pathetic that none of the options you mentioned were available. They couldn't gain entry to ISS and wait for another shuttle?? Who the hell is in charge and where does the money go?? Assuming death was instantaneous.. RIP brave souls.

@coreyzimmerman9782

2 жыл бұрын

@@jogman262 I believe the ISS was too high above them

@jogman262

2 жыл бұрын

@ Corey Zimmerman Yes, you’re right I heard that.

@johnnales6195

2 жыл бұрын

After all the Covid, CDC, FDA, FBI, big pharma, big food bull schift lies and a pathetic congress, I’m not surprised NASA LIED TOO BY KNOWING THERE WERE PREVIOUS ISSUES AND DID NOTHING!!! I’ve been to the Kennedy Space Ctr visiting the Apollo, Shuttle and Mars exhibits… ALL INVOLVE ARE SPECIAL AND HEROS, EXCEPT THE F ING BEURACRATS…

Just a minor detail on the visual aspects of the video. The perspective of the surface of the earth compared to the orbiting shuttles appears to too low an altitude. Remember we are talking 150 to 200 miles in altitude.

I was 16, it was my mother’s birthday, & I was soloing for my glider pilot’s license in an L-23 Blanik soar plane the next day at Greater Houston Soaring Association Gliderport. It was very sobering to make my first solo flight the next day in light of the disaster I’d just witnessed. My family lived in Houston at the time. My dad explained what had happened to all of us kids, and we all talked about it amongst ourselves for most of the day. It was suddenly very scary to think of flying by my lonesome. I remember hoping it wasn’t bad luck to fly, but I did it regardless. Later that year in October, I joined the Marine Corps & was so focused on the pre-bootcamp MEPS program that I never flew again. I spent 8 years in the Corps, but I badly wish to fly again after seeing this, just as a personal attempt to get back into sharing the skies with amazing, dedicated people such as these, even if it’s not a shuttle, & only in a small fiberglass aircraft. I will never ever forget that day. ☘️💚☘️

With the ice and foam shedding problems, we are lucky we did not lose them all.

If you can read all of that text without pausing, you are superhuman.

@Pianissimo1970

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you...

Seldom mentioned is that the EPA had forced a reformulation of the adhesive used to attach the foam, on grounds the old adhesive was too polluting. The new adhesive was less effective and foam detachment incidents became more frequent. This was widely reported in the days immediately after the Columbia disaster, and then the story vanished. Some said this was because environmentalists must never be shown to have been fatally wrong, but of course that’s just crazy talk.

@GF-jc4hb

2 ай бұрын

Exactly!! NONE of the "environmentally safer" alternative products were safe or as good as what they replaced. All it cost this time was multi-billions of dollars and seven human lives. (sarcasm for the dumb libs and environmentalists) But like all the useless safer products we were forced to use, we will never get the true costs of all the failures and new replacement chemicals.

20 years ago today, 7 brave souls were lost. God speed to the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia and mission STS- 107

@kurkkobain

Жыл бұрын

crap

My parents found a small piece of the shuttle on our ranch. It was heartbreaking.

Took us to the moon but failed to repair a heat tile..so sad

The flight returning after this disaster had issues too. Lost 50% of the heat shield but landed bc one metal part protected the ship

I was at my son's hockey game and saw one of the hockey Mom's watching tv and crying. There was debris falling out of the sky. Incredibly sad. I hope they didnt suffer RIP😢

What in the world does two people wearing fake spacesuits in a cheap fx spaceship have to do with the Columbia tragedy?

@algodwin727

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The fake footage is inappropriate.

@Transilvanian90

2 жыл бұрын

Almost all the imagery in this video, apart from the actual footage of Columbia's launch and reentry, is utter trash.

@TracyA123

2 жыл бұрын

@@Transilvanian90 Yup! What a waste of 5 minutes

You really could have labeled the animated space shuttle "Columbia" instead of "Endeavour", just saying...

@KINGMAT692

2 жыл бұрын

Just enjoy the video

@akennas

2 жыл бұрын

@@KINGMAT692 - Hard to enjoy when it is such a sloppy melange of clickbait...

@jeffreyli4879

2 жыл бұрын

@@akennas there were so many typos. Shows a lack of effort

@daxmarshall4969

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyli4879 English is a very fluid language and it may be their second.

@Transilvanian90

2 жыл бұрын

@@KINGMAT692 Kinda hard to enjoy a video that's made in such poor quality.

I watched the Challenger shuttle break apart in elementary school back in '86, that was pretty wild to witness as well.

I remember this morning. Wife and I were driving near huntsville, tx when we heard a loud boom and was like what was that?? Several minutes later we heard on the radio...was terrible. Had flash backs to the challenger when we watched it live on tv at school.... so sad!