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-i do remember looking at the shuttle getting ready to take off. -he was adamant, now to me, that he didn't want his mom to go. and then he started crying. the whole the whole launch was him crying. it was awful. ♪ -i was 12 years old when the launch date came. i could see the shuttle from afar and be like, "wow, my father is on that shuttle right now. he's strapped in, about to be launched into space." ♪ we were so excited. it was hard to contain. -for the first two-plus minutes of the mission, with the solid rocket boosters attached, there's no option for abort. you have to wait till the...

One time, a large piece of foam from the gigantic fuel tank dented the solid rocket boosters on liftoff. another time, a vulture hit the tank. ♪ if it hit the windows, catastrophe. this is a complex vehicle that always needs a lot of caretaking. ♪ ♪ -every single mission that i was there for was scrubbed, rescheduled, delayed because something wasn't exactly right. what did catch my attention, in terms of trouble, from the very first time i saw them up close was this was 1970s technology. this was a lot of moving parts,

For the first twoplus minutes of the mission, with the Solid Rocket Boosters attached, theres no option for abort. You have to wait till theyre done and burned out and cut away. Thats a death zone. No matter what happens in that scenario, you cannot do anything. That was when the challenger went down. 11, 10. 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [ cheers and applause ] the weird thing is that you see that flash and you see that smoke coming up and its like, well well, that sucks. Theres no sound. And then its. [ rumbling ]. Baboom. [ Crowd Cheering ]

Once these Propulsion Cracks were fixed and repaired, we can resume flight. But i had oversight into all the missions, and there were numerous problems. Well, the other Shuttle Fleet they were just one after another. It just wouldnt end, the damages and things that were out of whack. The tiles were being damaged every flight. One time, a large piece of foam from the gigantic Fuel Tank dented the Solid Rocket Boosters on liftoff. Another time, a Vulture Hit the tank. If it hit the windows, catastrophe. This is a complex vehicle that always needs a lot of caretaking. Every single mission that i ...

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