Wonderful woman. She had no idea of the risk. Everything requires a waiver even jumping on a trampoline. Riding a car has risk. But it's very small. I'm sure she likely had no idea how big the risk was. But she still continues to inspire - her enthusiasm, attitude for life, love of teaching and doing what she was passionate about. Even without the shuttle, she would have been a happy person, living life to the fullest.
That's what's so enraging. In a vacuum, any space mission (Let's say an Apollo 15, or so, by which time the procedures had been worked out, less risk involved) is more risky than many of the activities you mentioned (driving a car is quite risky because of the behavior of everybody else). But that's before you take into account all the contingencies and expertise. And the humility to vet your ideas in front of everyone else, make it more safe, redundant, reliable. Challenger, management overrode engineers warning not to launch in the cold. It's supposed to be safe. It wasn't in January 1986. Hubris.
Nah. She eventually had an idea of the huge risks. During training, Barbara Morgan said they sat in classes listening to failed Apollo missions that were rough to listen to, and two - prior to the launch the families involved went to a lake house for dinner and Dick Scobee's wife made sure Christa was told, "These are not commercial aircraft carriers, these space shuttles are test vehicles."
She was a lovely, kind lady. This tragedy should not have happened.
Listening to Christa describe all the things she is going to do is totally heartbreaking
It is clear her loss must have been felt very keenly. Thanks for posting. That sign 😢
My idol.
Wonderful woman. She had no idea of the risk. Everything requires a waiver even jumping on a trampoline. Riding a car has risk. But it's very small. I'm sure she likely had no idea how big the risk was. But she still continues to inspire - her enthusiasm, attitude for life, love of teaching and doing what she was passionate about. Even without the shuttle, she would have been a happy person, living life to the fullest.
That's what's so enraging. In a vacuum, any space mission (Let's say an Apollo 15, or so, by which time the procedures had been worked out, less risk involved) is more risky than many of the activities you mentioned (driving a car is quite risky because of the behavior of everybody else). But that's before you take into account all the contingencies and expertise. And the humility to vet your ideas in front of everyone else, make it more safe, redundant, reliable. Challenger, management overrode engineers warning not to launch in the cold. It's supposed to be safe. It wasn't in January 1986. Hubris.
Nah. She eventually had an idea of the huge risks. During training, Barbara Morgan said they sat in classes listening to failed Apollo missions that were rough to listen to, and two - prior to the launch the families involved went to a lake house for dinner and Dick Scobee's wife made sure Christa was told, "These are not commercial aircraft carriers, these space shuttles are test vehicles."
Christa seems like a person that was worth knowing. Kind people with integrity are hard to come by. I wish I had known her.
1:56 hits hard ...