Did you know that the shuttle was mostly intact after the disintegration [1]? "The crew cabin, made of reinforced aluminum, was a particularly robust section o

Did you know that the shuttle was mostly intact after the disintegration [1]? "The crew cabin, made of reinforced aluminum, was a particularly robust section of the shuttle. During vehicle breakup, it detached in one piece and slowly tumbled into a ballistic arc. NASA estimated the load factor at separation to be between 12 and 20 g; within two seconds it had already dropped to below 4 g and within ten seconds the cabin was in free fall. The forces involved at this stage were likely insufficient to cause major injury." So, in a way there was a pod... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster#Cause_and_time_of_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disas...