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The Challenger Disaster

So you're changingthe launch criteria from 40 degrees to 53 degreesthe night before the...

So you're changing
the launch criteria from 40 degrees to 53 degrees
the night before the launch?

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So you're changing the launch criteria
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from 40 degrees to 53 degrees the night before the launch?
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:51
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Vision Makers

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Movie Summary

Inspired by the true story. The night before the Challenger disaster in 1986, a hot headed engineer leads a desperate race against the clock to stop the launch and the subsequent cover up and whistleblowing.
When we squeeze it at 100 degrees, - The Challenger Disaster 00:13
When we squeeze it at 100 degrees,
Your test does not represent reality. - The Challenger Disaster 00:08
Your test does not represent reality.
It proves that the fluorocarbon elastomer rubber - The Challenger Disaster 00:06
It proves that the fluorocarbon elastomer rubber
If we lose the seal for a tenth of a second, - The Challenger Disaster 00:09
If we lose the seal for a tenth of a second,
And if the secondary backup O-ring does the same thing, - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
And if the secondary backup O-ring does the same thing,
We've seen blowby on STS-61-A also. - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
We've seen blowby on STS-61-A also.
It says here that the launch went off at 75 degrees - The Challenger Disaster 00:07
It says here that the launch went off at 75 degrees
I just don't understand - The Challenger Disaster 00:09
I just don't understand
I just don't understand how you don't understand - The Challenger Disaster 00:07
I just don't understand how you don't understand
It's warm, there's blowby. It's cold, there's blowby. - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
It's warm, there's blowby. It's cold, there&#...
It's warm, there's erosion. - The Challenger Disaster 00:09
It's warm, there's erosion.
Yeah, if you'll just look at it with a rudimentary pass-fail, - The Challenger Disaster 00:06
Yeah, if you'll just look at it with a rudimentary pass...
But if you get scientific about it, - The Challenger Disaster 00:08
But if you get scientific about it,
At 75 degrees, the soot from the blowby is light gray, spotty. - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
At 75 degrees, the soot from the blowby is light gray, spott...
Now, if you can't see the difference, - The Challenger Disaster 00:17
Now, if you can't see the difference,
And that's when you have rocket flames - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
And that's when you have rocket flames
And you have never seen secondary backup seal failure? - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
And you have never seen secondary backup seal failure?
STS-51-B, the secondary O-ring suffered 12% erosion. - The Challenger Disaster 00:07
STS-51-B, the secondary O-ring suffered 12% erosion.
What do you mean? - The Challenger Disaster 00:08
What do you mean?
Like a child who runs out into the road - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
Like a child who runs out into the road