SimonShuttle - 30/1/2006 4:18 AMWhy did only one booster fail if it was too cold for the o-rings? Did the rings survive on the other SRB?
Jamie Young - 20/3/2006 12:15 PMWelcome to the site. Not a lot can be added to this thread. All very sad.
TheMadCap - 22/3/2006 7:02 PMDid anyone see this program, it was called "Challenger: the Untold Story", I believe. Has anyone else heard this explanation for the SRB surviving to 73 seconds?
Hotol - 23/3/2006 1:54 PMQuoteTheMadCap - 22/3/2006 7:02 PMDid anyone see this program, it was called "Challenger: the Untold Story", I believe. Has anyone else heard this explanation for the SRB surviving to 73 seconds?I think it was called something different on UK TV, but we saw that documentary and it was very well produced.
zappafrank - 24/3/2006 10:43 PM Now, could a few of them survived had the ejection system that was on STS 1-4 been on Challenger? Maybe, but its a good sight better than falling for two and half minutes and impacting the ocean.
Jamie Young - 25/3/2006 3:41 PMWould Challenger have survived to SRB sep without the wind shear?