2024-06-10
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Hello and welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet.
Im head of programming Connor Boyle.
Coming up, the story of the space shuttle Challenger, the space voyage that lasted merely minutes, but for which the tragic legacy of its lost crew has been imprinted on space exploration for decades since.
Let's hear more from our host, the technology researcher, author and co founder of the center for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, Carl Miller.
Now, there aren't many journeys of exploration that can unite the public imagination like the prospect of human beings going into space.
Today, there are still only a small handful of individuals who have made that journey.
And on the morning of the 28 January 1986, seven more were due to join their ranks, including a teacher.
Krista McAuliffe enrolled thanks to NASAS teacher and space program.
But the journey was cut tragically short.
73 seconds after launch, at 46,000ft, the Space shuttle Challenger broke into pieces, killing all crew members on board.
This was the confident America of the 1980s, a superpower with a Hollywood leading man, Ronald Reagan, in charge.