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BiBoFieTo t1_j2ackda wrote

Why didn't they just make the space suits out of flag material? The whole tragedy could've been avoided.

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skinte1 t1_j2bjqh4 wrote

Jokes aside the crew likely did survive the "explosion" (In reality the Shuttle was torn apart from aerodynamic forces) since several of the emergency airpacks had been activated manually in the seconds after the shuttle broke apart. The impact with the water at over 200 mph was what killed them.

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kthulhu666 t1_j2agsfq wrote

Was looking for a 'Black Box' type comment, not disappointed.

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