Your boosters have split apart at the o-rings.
It’s tough to check the self-destructive tendencies one has, before they do major damage. THAT was one BIG problem of NASA, in general, and more specifically, in the Shuttle Program. Scientist Feynman pointed that out very clearly after the Challenger disaster.
NASA excelled in one area. PR. Public relations.
Of course the Shuttle was deficient in all technology and technology management areas, compared to other technologies developed in the same time frame. But one area the program excelled in, besides providing a massive jobs and crony-tech political rain-making ability, was selling itself as a Grand Heroic Purpose.
Sorry but there’s a bunch of pictures coming from the Hubble that say you’re full of crap. The shuttle accomplished a lot. Maybe not as much as we should have accomplished in that same time frame, but still quite a bit, especially given its tiny budget. Anybody that says otherwise is either a liar or a moron, I’ll let you pick which one is you, doesn’t matter to me since both are beneath my contempt.