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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 01:39:07 2020 No.12228698 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12228766 >>12228847 >>12228851

Did the Challenger crew survive the initial explosion?

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2020 01:39:52 No.12228701 Report

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probably

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2020 02:06:22 No.12228766 Report

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>>12228698
yes. as far as i know they were conscious till they hit the water

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2020 02:35:08 No.12228847 Report

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>>12228698
Yes
The columbia crew lucked out and none of them sealed their suits in time to be awake for the really bad parts of the breakup

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2020 02:36:02 No.12228851 Report

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>>12228698
yes
>At least some of the crew were alive and at least briefly conscious after the breakup, as three of the four recovered Personal Egress Air Packs (PEAPs) on the flight deck were found to have been activated.[31] These were those of Judith Resnik, mission specialist Ellison Onizuka, and pilot Michael J. Smith.[32] The location of Smith's activation switch, on the back side of his seat, likely indicated that either Resnik or Onizuka activated it for him. Astronaut Mike Mullane wrote that "There had been nothing in our training concerning the activation of a PEAP in the event of an in-flight emergency. The fact that Judy or El had done so for Mike Smith made them heroic in my mind."[32] Investigators found their remaining unused air supply consistent with the expected consumption during the 2-minute-and-45-second post-breakup trajectory.

>While analyzing the wreckage, investigators discovered that several electrical system switches on pilot Mike Smith's right-hand panel had been moved from their usual launch positions. Mike Mullane wrote, "These switches were protected with lever locks that required them to be pulled outward against a spring force before they could be moved to a new position." Later tests established that neither the force of the explosion nor the impact with the ocean could have moved them, indicating that Smith made the switch changes, presumably in a futile attempt to restore electrical power to the cockpit after the crew cabin detached from the rest of the orbiter.[33]

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2020 03:25:00 No.12228971 Report

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>>12228851
>2-minute-and-45-second post-breakup trajectory

>imagine having all that time knowing you're going to hit the ground at terminal velocity.

holy fuck that sucks.

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2020 03:41:33 No.12229029 Report

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>>12228971

nah that's actually nothing. 3 minutes aint shit.

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