Challenging What You Know
Everything you thought you knew about the Challenger Disaster is probably wrong. Here's the science.
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January 2007: Sweet fancy Moses, Alex got engaged! Also, alphabet.
2 Comments:
You mean the rocket didn't explode?
My translation (after re-reading the article a couple times):
I guess what happened is the joint on one of the boosters fell apart so that the booster's plume of flame then burned through the booster's outer skin. This flame then blew into the fuel tank which buckled and broke (but didn't explode?) and all the liquid hydrogen flew out and instantly ignited. The shuttle then broke up due to aerodynamic stress.
I don't know. It seems like not calling it an explosion is splitting hairs.
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