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Good post. Remember it well, as I came home from school and there is was, that vertical smoke trail that was all that was left. 
Also remember being at Cape Canaveral when the Columbia was on the launch pad, just before her final flight, in 2003.
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Also remember being at Cape Canaveral when the Columbia was on the launch pad, just before her final flight, in 2003.
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It was a distressing occasion. Just like the time when a spacecraft with three astronauts caught fire and burned out on the ground. All three were killed.
It happened because there had been a glycol spill in the cabin which is likely to damage the insulation on the wires and NASA decided not to got to the expense of taking the machine to pieces and replacing any damaged wires. The oxygen rich atmosphere in the cabin meant that they had no chance to escape.
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It happened because there had been a glycol spill in the cabin which is likely to damage the insulation on the wires and NASA decided not to got to the expense of taking the machine to pieces and replacing any damaged wires. The oxygen rich atmosphere in the cabin meant that they had no chance to escape.
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29 January 2011, 12:18 PM
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I remember it well , sat sqaure infront of our Philips TV (still have the TV - its an antique 
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Was six at the time and it was the same year my parents divorced
Got a memorium sovenioer from my visit to Cape Canaveral in the mid 1990's
).Was six at the time and it was the same year my parents divorced
Got a memorium sovenioer from my visit to Cape Canaveral in the mid 1990's
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I remember Challenger though, as I'd just started working.
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