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Subject: Re: Challenger
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 17:29:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 09 Jun 2024 08:08:26 -0700, john larkin wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 08:21:52 +0100, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>>On 09/06/2024 03:42, john larkin wrote:
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Challenger-Story-Heroism-Disaster-Space/dp/
198217661X
>>> 
>>> This is a very well researched and written book, and a sad, ghastly
>>> story.
>>> 
>>> It reminds me that humans have no purpose in space but to die.
>>
>>That's a very jaundiced and negative view. Firstly, they weren't in
>>space when they died; they were at 46000 feet, which was below the
>>operational height of Concorde.
> 
> Dead is dead. Optimistically, they died instantly but probably not.

I would guess it must have been very much like being exposed to a nuclear 
blast. So basically frazzled to death over several seconds. Not nice.