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Posted on November 12, 2008 - Total Views 7595
The challenger space shuttle disaster
The American space shuttle, Challenger, has exploded killing all seven astronauts on board.
The five men and two women - including the first teacher in space - were just over a minute into their flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida when the Challenger blew up.
The astronauts’ families, at the airbase, and millions of Americans witnessed the world’s worst space disaster live on TV.
The danger from falling debris prevented rescue boats reaching the scene for more than an hour.
In 25 years of space exploration seven people have died - today that total has been doubled.
President Ronald Reagan has described the tragedy as “a national loss”.
The Challenger’s flight, the 25th by a shuttle, had already been delayed because of bad weather. High winds, then icicles caused the launch to be postponed from 22 January.
But Nasa officials insist safety remains their top priority and there was no pressure to launch the shuttle today.
The shuttle crew was led by Commander Dick Scobee, 46. Christa McAuliffe, 37, married with two children, was to be the first school teacher in space - picked from among 10,000 entries for a competition.
Speaking before the launch, she said: “One of the things I hope to bring back into the classroom is to make that connection with the students that they too are part of history, the space programme belongs to them and to try to bring them up with the space age.”
President Reagan has put off his state of the union address. He was meeting senior aides in the Oval Office when he learned of the disaster.
We will never forget them
US President Ronald Reagan
He has called for an immediate inquiry into the disaster but he said the space programme would go on - in honour to the dead astronauts. Vice-President George Bush has been sent to Cape Canaveral to visit the victims’ families.
This evening, the president went on national television to pay tribute to the courage and bravery of the seven astronauts.
He said: “We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.”
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November 12th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
not even a real picture, this is from a dud on the fourth of july. why are there so many faked photos here?
November 13th, 2008 at 12:19 am
I’m sorry but that’s not a fake. Go look it up. That exact photo is in the BBC news.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but fireworks don’t look like that, my friend!
November 13th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
This is truth, clearly Martyn is a dumb ***. Go read a book kid.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
you are fagboys who dont know the truth, anyone can see this is fake. So what if the picture is in BBC, that just proves its a fake, everyone knows the CIA runs BBC. ask any arab, theyll tell ya. You should shut up if your so stupid. Bugger you in the arseholes. just another american plot so they can claim the arabs bombed them.
November 15th, 2008 at 8:17 am
martyn is right. thats just a ******* pop rocket that blew up. so quit sucking each others dicks and pull your heads out of your asses. praise allah
November 15th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
It’s real…
ps -
(praise Jesus)
November 16th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
I remember watching this in grade school. The teacher wheeled in a television and we watched and then - BOOM. He, the teacher, left the room for something and none of us, at 9, knew what exactly had just happened. When he came back in, I remember he said, “What the ****?” and all the kids laughed and then he started to cry and left the room again. It is to this day one of the oddest experiences I have had. As to faking it… if so, it must have been done by the same geniuses that brought us the ‘fake’ moon landing all those years earlier, because it looked real enough to make a 45 year old man say the dreaded ‘f’ word and then cry in front of his baffled class.
November 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9maWcIatweM
Definitely a really sad day.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
this was a sad day for america, this nuke was supposed to go all the way to Rio de Janeiro, someones head should roll for such an error.
November 20th, 2008 at 5:12 am
mate, thats seven people dead right there, i doubt its fake
November 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
is this a fake? Why did they say those people died?
November 24th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
See, that’s why they also release the negatives of the photos.
Just so you know, you can’t doctor a negative, it’s impossible.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
i heard they wouldnt let blacks work on the shuttles after this accident. Some black guy didnt tighten the screws all the way up, lazy bast*rds!
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
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December 23rd, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Dudes, don’t mind martyn, it’s just a troll.. Don’t feed the trolls!
What I’m wondering about is the written piece under the picture..
Is it a bad copy and paste job from an old account of the disaster?
December 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
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December 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
martyn Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
you are fagboys who dont know the truth, anyone can see this is fake. So what if the picture is in BBC, that just proves its a fake, everyone knows the CIA runs BBC. ask any arab, theyll tell ya. You should shut up if your so stupid. Bugger you in the arseholes. just another american plot so they can claim the arabs bombed them.
Jesus H. Christ aren’t you the smartest little piece of shit known to man. With the little amount of intellect you have shown hear I can sleep easy knowing that you will die at a very young age due to a table saw or your friends “unloaded” pistol.