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minus-squarecsfirecracker@lemmyf.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·1 year agoI believe they are referring to the Challenger lunar launch that exploded. What they believe it came down to was a tolerance issue in the O-Rings they were using which if I remember right was a concern already placed by the engineers.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year ago Challenger lunar launch TIL the Space Shuttle went to the moon… :)
minus-squarecsfirecracker@lemmyf.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agolmao needing caffeine apparently. Leaving it up because I’d love shuttles to go that far one day :P
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrimelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt was too cold that day for a safe launch and some engineers brought it up but higher ups went on with the launch anyway, IIRC.
I believe they are referring to the Challenger lunar launch that exploded. What they believe it came down to was a tolerance issue in the O-Rings they were using which if I remember right was a concern already placed by the engineers.
TIL the Space Shuttle went to the moon… :)
lmao needing caffeine apparently. Leaving it up because I’d love shuttles to go that far one day :P
It was too cold that day for a safe launch and some engineers brought it up but higher ups went on with the launch anyway, IIRC.