@jthaw3@UMichFootball Hi Michigan brother.
You have nothing to be sorry about. Mistakes happen. It isn’t being perfect that makes you a Michigan man. It’s how you respond. You are a Michigan man forever.
@Aaron22Cyrus @starsmurf77@DerekdotSpace At 56 seconds after launch, right around the time of max q, Challenger passed through the worst wind shear in the history of the Shuttle program. The wind loads on the vehicle caused the booster to flex and dislodged the aluminum oxide plug that had sealed the damaged O-rings.
@Botched_Again@starsmurf77@DerekdotSpace Nope. Multiple other orbiters had burn through on the o-rings. The oxidation layer is what protected in the failure. If you watch the Challenger launch video, you can see the burn through happen then seal itself.
LIFTOFF OF ARTEMIS I TO THE MOON
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the uncrewed Orion capsule lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida early this morning, with the capsule’s destination — the Moon — as a backdrop.