Attitudes About Space Following `Challenger' Disaster

From: Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR) | Date: January 28, 1996 | Copyright information


NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday

01-28-1996

Joe Palca takes a look at the space program and particularly how attitudes have changed following the disaster of the space shuttle "Challenger", and where the space program might be going today.

[excerpt from `Requiem for the Challenger']

`CHALLENGER' CREW MEMBER: Velocity, 2,257 feet per second. Altitude, 4.3 nautical miles, downrange distance, three nautical miles. Engines throttling up. Three engi...

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