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256: The Science of The Challenger Explosion

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4.9632 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The Challenger Tragedy claimed the lives of 7 people, but maybe it shouldn't really be described as an accident...

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References & Further Reading
https://www.britannica.com/event/Challenger-disaster
https://www.nasa.gov/challenger-sts-51l-accident/
https://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html
https://www.nasa.gov/history/35-years-ago-remembering-challenger-and-her-crew/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/challenger-explodes
https://digital.nls.uk/1980s/science-technology/challenger-disaster/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/29/us-space-shuttle-challenger-explodes-after-take-off-1986
https://www.history.com/news/how-the-challenger-disaster-changed-nasa
https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/harperkids/space-shuttle-challenger-explosion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelperegrine/2021/01/24/the-lasting-leadership-lessons-from-the-challenger-disaster/
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ajp.156.10.1536
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/28/464744781/30-years-after-disaster-challenger-engineer-still-blames-himself
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/16/challenger-disaster-american-netflix-space-shuttle
https://digital.nls.uk/1980s/science-technology/challenger-disaster/
https://www.history.com/news/how-the-challenger-disaster-changed-nasa
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/29/us-space-shuttle-challenger-explodes-after-take-off-1986
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/challenger-explodes
https://www.nasa.gov/history/35-years-ago-remembering-challenger-and-her-crew/
https://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html
https://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html
https://www.britannica.com/event/Challenger-disaster
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/16/challenger-disaster-american-netflix-space-shuttle
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ajp.156.10.1536
https://www.history.com/news/big-bird-challenger-disaster-nasa-sesame-street

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Sci Guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird and wonderful stories from the science world.

0:14.0

I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, the Lanticular Luke Cutt Firth.

0:20.0

I don't know what that means. This week, we're talking about challenging scandals and NASA's neglect, but first we have a wee

0:35.0

YouTube comment.

0:36.7

Who's it from?

0:37.3

That would be doxing, but I'll tell you what it says.

0:39.3

It says, I would wear side guys gave me autism merch.

0:42.3

Oh, God, this is your idea that you were telling me about the other day.

0:45.3

It wasn't my idea that I was telling you about.

0:46.3

I was telling you about these comments.

0:48.3

That's about somebody else's idea, which you were pitching as a genuinely, genuine thing you think we should do. Why should we, okay, right, comment below if you would like a Cy Guys gave me autism t-shirt,

0:59.5

or a Cy Guys gave me ADHD, or Cy Guys made me gay.

1:02.9

We'll make it a whole, all of the ones that most of our audience are.

1:07.2

Let us know in the comments below.

1:09.5

Prove Luke wrong. And more proving Luke wrong, we'll ask a

1:14.5

question. And to answer this question, you must first fly to space and do skywriting in space.

1:22.4

I don't know if that would work, but if it doesn't fly to Saturn and change its rings to answer, the question is, Luke, what is your favorite planet?

1:31.9

Pluto.

1:32.9

Wrong, not a planet. My favorite is Saturn, which is the correct answer.

1:36.7

So we're talking about the Challenger Space Shuttle today. Luke, you clearly know more about this than I do, given the off-pod.

1:41.7

You found out that we were doing this and gave away the entire ending.

1:46.0

Yeah, I found this thing really fascinating, and I did a fair bit of reading into it.

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