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On 2003-01-15 00:26, Peter B wrote:
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So NASA blew up the "Challenger" unnecessarily!
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One of the Dark Lord's more appalling statements is that NASA blew up the "Challenger" to kill Christa McAuliffe because she refused to sign a contract saying you can't see stars in space. Have a look at the BA's link to the interview on the HB links page. I seriously wonder about the sanity of anyone who would say or believe that.
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What always galls me about that claim is just how stupid it is. Why would NASA even allow the "Teacher in Space" program to go forward if they were going to have to include this person in the conspiracy? And as someone has pointed out before, there were far cheaper ways to end her career in space flight without blowing up a perfectly functional orbiter and killing seven people on live TV. It's like saying Pan Am blew up flight 103 because they feared the Co-Pilot would leak their financial difficulties to the press.
Even assuming that the HB's were on the right track, they could have simply grounded her because of a medical glitch, or if they felt they needed to kill her, a training accident is far less risky....