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ThisistheInfiniteIs t1_ivuoorb wrote

"History channel accidentally covers actual history while making yet another idiotic conspiracy theory show"

FTFY

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1320Fastback t1_ivus0od wrote

"large humanmade object," what an odd way to speak.

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gptop t1_ivuy5j8 wrote

Found something legit historical while filming something about the Bermuda Triangle. Let me guess, they were looking for Flight 19. At least they did something good for once.

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Quincyperson t1_ivv3rh7 wrote

And the history channel uses this find to peddle a show about the Bermuda Triangle. Go figure

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frodosdream t1_ivv6c6t wrote

Better version reported by NBC.

>The shuttle broke apart just 73 seconds into its flight on Jan. 28, 1986. It disintegrated 46,000 feet above the ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

>The mission, called STS-51L, was commanded by Francis R. “Dick” Scobee and piloted by Michael J. Smith. Other astronauts included Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory B. Jarvis, and S. Christa McAuliffe, a high school social studies teacher in Concord, New Hampshire. She had been selected as the primary candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Project in July 1985.

The explosion traumatized an entire generation of kids around the country watching the launch live from their school rooms in support of the "Teacher in Space Project."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/piece-challenger-space-shuttle-discovered-bottom-atlantic-floridas-coa-rcna56653?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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CritaCorn t1_ivv9e3u wrote

History Channel “used” to be my favorite show.

Then it decided to go full Proud boys Qon Alex Jones on me and I have never given them the time of day

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CameranutzII t1_ivveik7 wrote

Replying to CritaCorn (#495,992)

The History Channel is a network, not a show, but I get ya.

Not sure when in the hell they went off course with real content involving real history but it was a fall from grace, at least for me. Can't remember when I last watched a show of theirs.

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TacoQuest t1_ivvn7zc wrote

those fish looking on seem curious and cute

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tunamelts2 t1_ivvwvlx wrote

I think about those astronauts from time to time and how horrific those last few seconds must have been for them. They gave their lives in pursuit of a better future for all mankind.

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Kinetic_Strike t1_ivw2een wrote

Replying to frodosdream (#495,843)

Was one of the elementary kids. We were West Coast though, so we didn't have it on live, I think we were planning to watch the first broadcast from the shuttle they had set up. A handful of us stayed inside for recess, our teacher was turning on the TV to see what was going on. That's when we found out.

Fast forward a decade and half, and I watched the pieces of Columbia falling through the sky from a breakroom at work. Drove home in a daze listening to the news.

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fd6270 t1_ivw434a wrote

Replying to purl__clutcher (#497,474)

It very likely happened.

>But that was before the investigation turned up the key piece of evidence that led to the inescapable conclusion that they were alive: On the trip down, the commander and pilot’s reserved oxygen packs had been turned on by astronaut Judy Resnik, seated directly behind them. Furthermore, the pictures, which showed the cabin riding its own velocity in a ballistic arc, did not support an erratic, spinning motion. And even if there were G-forces, commander Dick Scobee was an experienced test pilot, habituated to them.

>The evidence led experts to conclude the seven astronauts lived. They worked frantically to save themselves through the plummeting arc that would take them 2 minutes and 45 seconds to smash into the ocean.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3078062

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Silver-Shoulder-9184 t1_ivwcfn5 wrote

Is it the first piece? Dude they ever find any body(ies)parts?

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navikredstar t1_ivwckdc wrote

Replying to gptop (#495,452)

There's nothing mysterious about Flight 19, if you look into the case - the lead pilot of the flight group was a control freak asshole, his equipment was malfunctioning and telling him he was in the wrong place, the other pilots kept trying to tell him he was wrong, but he outranked 'em, and basically forced them to keep flying in the wrong fucking direction until they ran out of fuel and crashed somewhere in the Atlantic. There's really nothing weird or supernatural about it, just a shitty CO that nobody dared to stand up to when he was completely wrong, and it unfortunately ended up with a bunch of dead, missing pilots, because of shitty military culture in that particular unit.

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rchart1010 t1_ivwko6o wrote

That day always stays with me.

The teacher had rolled out a TV for us to watch the launch live. Was exciting because if Christy McCullough. We watched all those people, smiling, waving, full of life and vigor.

You could imagine them all taking their places because it had been televised for weeks.

So even though i could only see the outside of the shuttle as it went up, I could visualize them inside flipping switches and each doing their discreet duties.

And then it was like a firecracker. I didn't even register anything was wrong. And the whole shit just exploded. My teacher had no idea what to do. No one knew. The aftermath was devastating. And they found those bodies in some of the most gruesome conditions, suggesting that they had survived the initial explosion which was just...awful.

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SidFinch99 t1_ivwl23t wrote

Replying to oldgeek123 (#497,736)

I was confused, didn't understand what was going on, the Teachers had this confused look on their faces, one reached over real fast and turned the TV off, then we had to go back to class and not really understanding what just happened, I was kind of bummed because I thought we would miss more regular class time for what we were being brought to the library to watch.

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TopHatJaguar t1_ivwp9y4 wrote

My mom was in the finals for the teacher on that flight when she found out she was pregnant with me. She still keeps a magnet of the mission patch on her fridge.

Craziness

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howitzer86 t1_ivwq9a9 wrote

Replying to Kinetic_Strike (#497,486)

Columbia. Ooof.

I was riding in the car with my parents and realized all the flags we were passing were half-staff. Turning to the news on TV was the first thing I did when we made it home.

I watched a lot of reporting on that... but one thing I don't remember from back then is the cabin video. I don't know if they didn't have it yet, or if they chose to wait to release it, but it exists. Reentry burned the film up, so it ends before anything bad happens. It is still eerie as fuck.

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chicago_bunny t1_ivwuv5w wrote

Replying to frodosdream (#495,843)

I was 12 years old and didn't go to school that day because I was sick. My mom dropped me off at grandma's house. We were watching her programs, and they interrupted some game show hosted by Chuck Woolery to show the launch. I remember the confusion of the reporters who weren't sure what to make of the unexpected cloud of smoke they saw after the launch. Oof.

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SoSoUnhelpful t1_ivwvf3g wrote

Replying to frodosdream (#495,843)

For those that witnessed it, you remember exactly what you were doing like it was yesterday. It is one of a handful of defining national memories from our generation. Our innocence was shattered.

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sandwhichautist t1_ivwx3fm wrote

Blew up on my birthday. In elementary. While I was handing out cupcakes.

🥳

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3PoundHummingbird t1_ivx5ou5 wrote

Replying to SoSoUnhelpful (#499,089)

I got out of school early that day. I was in a total daze after watching it happen, and remember going to the playground across the street from my house that was always super busy. I was the only one there. I remember it being a very strange and lonely time on those swings, processing what had happened.

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nkdby t1_ivx65o1 wrote

Replying to Kinetic_Strike (#497,486)

I was also on the West Coast. We watched it live in our classroom on the old metal av rolling stand with a gigantic tv strapped to the top. I was in the young astronauts club at the time. It didn't really occur to us that we had watched people die until after the broadcast was interrupted and the news came on. I think that was the beginning of the end for NASA.

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apenature t1_ivx7p2z wrote

Eek. I don't know if it should be treated like a crashed aircraft or a ship, re the morality of collecting the pieces or leaving them be.

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BuckyD1000 t1_ivxrb4s wrote

I saw it happen with my own two eyes. Lived in Central Florida at the time and always excitedly ran outside to watch shuttle launches.

Everything about that morning is seared in my memory.

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fsr1967 t1_ivxs0t1 wrote

Replying to frodosdream (#495,843)

I was a Freshman in college. I'd just finished lunch and was in the bathroom. The dorm janitor, Manny, came in and said, "So, do you think they'll find any of them alive up there?" (he was a little slow). Confused, I asked what he was talking about. "The space shuttle - it exploded."

I don't think my feet hit the floor between the bathroom and my dorm room, where I turned on my little black and white TV and sat in front of it for the next few hours, skipping classes and watching the coverage.

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MUPIL090310 t1_ivyu37q wrote

Replying to Kinetic_Strike (#497,486)

I have hazy recollection (I believe I was in first grade??) and now basically knowing that as a kid I was not realizing and comprehending fully what I was seeing. Like the blast off happened and then the explosion and the teacher turning off the tv. And I remember just thinking - what was that??? What just happened?

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Bocephuss t1_iw1j726 wrote

Replying to tunamelts2 (#497,220)

Pretty sure it’s was minutes of free fall.

But not to worry, this is a risk, albeit small, you take every time you get on a commercial airplane at 30k+ feet.

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Bocephuss t1_iw1joer wrote

Replying to gptop (#500,303)

Dude, sometimes on Reddit, replies to your comment are not directed toward you but rather expand or add onto your comment.

It’s doesn’t matter if it was your point. A new point was made to inform others.

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