![]() ![]() Feynman may have called it the culture at NASA and the contractors, but it was a culture of accepting bad analysis, and making poor decisions due to pressures from the top.Ĭoncerning points 1, 2, and 3, if there is any basis for them in what I have read before, it would also come from Feynman's book. ![]() The root cause was really bad engineering. Depending on response to this, will post similar 5 facts to Columbia disaster. Even if the cabin did lose pressure, they would have regained consciousness at 20,000 feet or so, waking up only to see the ocean in front of them. The astronauts stared from their seats as the Atlantic got closer and closer in the windows in front of them, powerless to do anything about it. During that 2-minute free-fall, NASA cams captured the crew cabin in a nose-down position, with only minimal rotation. After the explosion, the crew cabin was carried upwards another 30 seconds before peaking and falling for 2 additional minutes to the ocean below.
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