[metmom]

I read an article on MSNBC.com today that described the whole thing. The thing that I noticed that struck me as odd was that they mentioned that it was believed that the astronuats were alive when the cabin hit the water (at 200 mph) I never really heard what the final conclusions were on what happened to the atronauts. Does anyone know?

[new yorker 77]

Let me tell you something about myself.

I am an engineer.

I met Roger M. Boisjoly at a college speech he gave to a class I was taking.

This was some years after the 1986 crash.

He was the engineer who pushed to stop the flight before hand.

He mentioned that they were likely all alive upon impact.

[randog]

I never really heard what the final conclusions were on what happened to the atronauts. Does anyone know?

I saw a program last week that focused on the engineering debate to launch/not launch. They said that two of the astronauts enabled their emergency oxygen right after the blast, but they suspect that all died quickly due to the rapid de-pressurization of the cabin.

[new yorker 77]

Roger M. Boisjoly

[OldFriend]

The astronaut cabin remained intact. It is believed that the astronauts lost consciousness about 15 seconds after the explosion. The theory is that the impact of the cabin hitting the water was what caused the death.

I doubt that the entire truth of when they died will be known.

Much as with the more recent shuttle tragedy.