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And remembering. the future doesnt belong to the faint hearted. it belongs to the brave. the challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and well continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and focus ix it an it again. >> kwithin a matter of days we knew it was a solid o-ring that had fai...

Flights and more shuttle crews and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days, we knew it was the solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had led to the loss of the "challenger." >> during the 30 months since the "challenger" accident, there had been hundreds of hardware changes to n...

The future doesnt belong to the faint-hearted. it belongs to the brave. the "challenger" crew was pulling us into the future and well continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days, we knew it was the solid rocket booster joint that had fai...

Flights and more shuttle crews and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days, we knew it was the solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had led to the loss of the "challenger." >> during the 30 months since the "challenger" accident, there had been hundreds of hardware changes to n...

Elon musk made a lot of hype and a big deal about this and, you know version followed in terms of this space program. it was unmanned john but what are your thoughts on this explosion here? >> my first thought is when the challenger rocket went down decades ago, it took a lot of time to find out if this was an o ring. the internet of things, the rocket spacex is filled with hundreds of sensors. theyll know because of the internet of things. >> they are investigating it right now and obviously we...

They throw in different types of scenarios that could have possibly been. that maybe some folks have not thought about yet. it could be bad when people speculate because some theories dont make any sense at all. such as a meteorite coming and taking the plane away for some spacecraft. so the investigators right now, neil, have to be very careful about which theories theyre going to decide to look at. but i think theyre going to at the end of the day probably take a look at each one. >> you know,...

Of the ocean near south wales. were told they will be okay. important and dangerous work underway on the international space station. a key part of it in the history books today as two american astronauts ventured outside the station and successfully removed an old cooling pump. also during the space walk, a small oaring started floating away. >> it floated out, but its -- i can get it. >> okay, copy that. best effort and get that in the trash bag as well. >> i got it, i got it, i got it. bare...

Will it fit inside a stocking? >> yes. its a small o ring, part of the parts as they unscrew the screws to remove the pump, little parts that come out and he should have caught that and makes a nice souvenir for christmas. >> this is dangerous work, though. thats the whole point of this. what can go wrong? >> one of the things that could go wrong, of course, is that it -- undoing the screws, they tend to get real tight and astronauts sometimes have trouble loosening up the screws to remove the w...

First american civilian in space. and because of that, a lot of kids around my age were watching the fateful launch in class. and 73 seconds after leaving the launch pad, "challengers" right rocket boosters o-ring failed and the shuttle exploded. while the moon mission and apollo 13 may have been formative space moments for my parents generation, the "challenger" disaster is the foundational space moment for me and for so many in my generation. and frankly, it kind of made me hate space. i mean,...

Front landing gear is not down? >> not really. i think its a minor problem if it is handled correctly. what he would have done if he knew he had a problem, he would have landed very nose high on the main gear until he could at the last minute lower it down on the nose gear, then it wouldnt have been very consequential. in this case i think the fact that he veered off the main runway at laguardia says he didnt know he had a problem until he sat down. bill: it takes some skill. southwest, how is t...