On this day in history.

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Originally Posted by J. A.

Why the pure oxygen factor? Is there a peculiar reason?

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I believe he's thinking of the horrific conflagration inside the space capsule, because of the pure oxygen environment.

Here's NASA's version of events.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/

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Originally Posted by AdmiralAdama

I believe he's thinking of the horrific conflagration inside the space capsule, because of the pure oxygen environment.

Here's NASA's version of events.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/

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Yes it's exactly that which I was thinking of

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Originally Posted by scifan57

It let the spacecraft maintain a lower atmospheric pressure while still providing sufficient oxygen to breathe. A lower atmospheric pressure meant that the weight could be kept down because the lower pressure differential meant that the structure would not have to be as strong to contain the atmosphere inside the spacecraft.

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I'm familiar with the technical aspects of the Apollo missions. I've read Mike Collins, Gene Cernan, Gene Kranz and Jesco von Puttkamer's books.
What I wanted to know was, why the 100 % oxygen helped him keep in mind.

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January 28, 1986; the space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, killing the entire crew, including Christa McAuliffe, the intended first teacher in space.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_S...enger_disaster



Attachment 34719http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Challenger_explosion.jpg



Attachment 34720http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg

R.I.P. Challenger crew.

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Originally Posted by scifan57

January 28, 1986; the space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, killing the entire crew.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_S...enger_disaster

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=34719"/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ch..._explosion.jpg

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=34720"/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ch..._51-l_crew.jpg

R.I.P. Challenger crew.

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I remember very well. One of the crew members was teacher. She had planned to teach lessons from space.

Her backup on the Challenger mission, Barbara Morgan, eventually went up as a mission specialist on a 2007 launch of the Endeavor.

I detected I didn't read your first post thoroughly. You even mentioned her name! Sorry.

I've seen Barbara Morgan in an interview in "NASA's greatest missions - When we left earth". She and Christa McAuliffe watched Challenger's lift off, the last time before the accident happened.

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Originally Posted by J. A.

I detected I didn't read your first post thoroughly. You even mentioned her name! Sorry.

I've seen Barbara Morgan in an interview in "NASA's greatest missions - When we left earth". She and Christa McAuliffe watched Challenger's lift off, the last time before the accident happened.

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I edited the post after the fact, her name wasn't there when you made your first response.