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vanamonde

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14. The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

Reply to Vinca (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:27 PM

Mar 28

Forty years and three months ago today the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up because of solid rocket booster o-ring seals that failed in the freezing temperatures at launch. Morton-Thiokol engineers warned the o-rings had not been tested below 53 degrees and likely would become brittle and fail. NASA managers ignored the warnings.

https://reverseengineered.substack.com/p/the-challenger-disaster-how-a-faulty

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NASA is about to send humans on a flight around the moon [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 OP

In the present chaotic environment with absolutely no accountability I fear for the safety of anybody who participates Martin68 Mar 27 #1

Hard to believe the funding hasn't been cut for any space programs Bayard Mar 27 #2

Umm...about that heat shield... LudwigPastorius Mar 28 #3

What a fucking waste of money. Send robots and probes instead... QueerDuck Mar 28 #4

Wrong! Send government pedophiles, clowns and grifters. Then there is no need to worry about a disaster. Wonder Why Mar 28 #7

I'm really nervous about this one. Several weeks ago I read an article about some of the people working on Vinca Mar 28 #5

Uh oh. Hopefully fixed. electric_blue68 Mar 28 #9

The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. vanamonde Mar 28 #14

I hope it is Elon and Thiel. travelingthrulife Mar 28 #6

Could be a longer flight. republianmushroom Mar 28 #8

The good old MIC. LudwigPastorius Mar 28 #10

Yawn...been there done that over and over and over Bengus81 Mar 28 #11

Yep. Difficult to get excited about the space program Mysterian Mar 28 #12

Did we ever think we would see this happen in our lifetimes? thought crime Mar 28 #13

I hope it's an uneventful replay of Apollo 8... hunter Mar 29 #15