I believe they are referring to the Challenger lunar launch that exploded. What they believe it came down to was a tolerance issue in the O-Rings they were using which if I remember right was a concern already placed by the engineers.

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Challenger lunar launch

TIL the Space Shuttle went to the moon… :)

lmao needing caffeine apparently. Leaving it up because I’d love shuttles to go that far one day :P

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