NASA, families of the lost Challenger astronauts gather to mark space shuttle accident's 30th anniversary


Uncle Sam | 207727 hits | Jan 28 2:26 pm | Posted by: N_Fiddledog
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As families of the lost Challenger astronauts gather with NASA to mark the space shuttle accident's 30th anniversary, there's a new voice to address the crowd. June Scobee Rodgers -- widow of Challenger commander Dick Scobee and longtime spokeswoman for t

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  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:04 pm
    I still get pissed off with that term. Richard Feynman led the investigation into the incident, and it wasn't an 'accident', it was because people ignored the safety rules. 'Addicents' are unavoidable, this incident could have been avoided. :(

  2. by avatar BRAH
    Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:07 pm
    Never Forget!

  3. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:15 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    I still get pissed off with that term. Richard Feynman led the investigation into the incident, and it wasn't an 'accident', it was because people ignored the safety rules. 'Addicents' are unavoidable, this incident could have been avoided. :(


    Agreed. And the people who warned that the O-rings were not safe at low temperatures were retaliated against by the same NASA bureaucracy that persecutes anyone who dares to speak out against the AGW orthodoxy.

  4. by avatar Strutz
    Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:59 pm
    It's hard to believe it's been 30 years already.

    Such a terrible, avoidable tragedy.



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