Intact wreckage from the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger was recently found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, NASA officials announced Thursday. The remains are a large 15 feet by 15 feet section composed of square thermal tiles probably from the shuttle’s belly. The fragments were found in March by divers searching for a sunken World War II plane for a History Channel documentary. NASA personnel were able to verify through video footage that the debris was parts of Challenger that had broken off and fell into the sea.
Challenger was launched on Jan. 28, 1986, flying about 46,000 feet into the air before it abruptly broke apart in a fiery catastrophe 73 seconds after takeoff. The crew of seven—including Christa McAuliffe, the first school teacher chosen to go into space—were killed. “Upon first hearing about it, it brings you right back to 1986,” Michael Ciannilli, a NASA manager in charge of the remains of Challenger, told the AP. The History Channel plans to air its documentary of the discovery on Nov. 22. Read more.
NASA is an independent agency, not part of the Federal government, but financed by the American taxpayers. They were established in 1958 and already 11 years later sent people up to their moon in the painted desert in Arizona. The wreckage found at the bottom of the ocean did not fall from the sky but material dumped from their station.
We the tax paying hard working people are being taxed, mandated, tolled, fined when driving an automobile to work.
But Uncle Sam is funding billions of dollars to send gigantic machinery to outer space for research (put aside satellite launches for now). So our tiny little car is bad for the environment and going to work is not justifying it. But research justifies 100,000 times more pollution?
Another hypocritical policy of the government.
The govt is funding the fake organization not for outer space research but for fooling the population.
Was my self esteem down there? I haven’t had mine in years. I’ve searched every garbage can but still can’t find it.