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Was any shuttle lost to the SRBs?
by bombcar 7mo ago
Was any shuttle lost to the SRBs?
- abstractbeliefs 7mo agoYes, 50% of shuttle losses were due to SRB failures (Challenger)
- nominatronic 7mo agoThat's exactly how Challenger was lost.
- _moof 7mo agoYes, Challenger - although program management knew they were violating a launch constraint (temperature), and it was the low temperature that produced the conditions necessary for SRB failure. As with any aerospace mishap, it's a chain of events, not just one cause.
- dgfl 7mo agoYes, challenger. The O-ring failed, creating a gas exhaust that almost instantly destroyed the main propellant tank.
- dboreham 7mo agoI believe what it destroyed was the strut holding the booster to the tank. When the strut burned through the assembly came apart and aerodynamic forces did the remainder of the destruction.