lol so stupid dosent matter what that wore thay might as well have been in swim sutes if u space shutel fails when u reeenter. i mean what a stupid clip totaly piotnless

So, no upvote?

Not totally pointless.
F1 drivers make it out of crashes that would appear to disintegrate anyone occupying the cabin of the car, on impact, without a scratch on them.

The report shows that the restraints and safety devices did not work as intended. Thus, had their been proper equipment in the cabin for the crew contingent on a situation such as that, they 'may' of survived.

Can they learn from this? Yes. Would they have survived if their suits and seat belts were working 100%? Highly unlikely.

People die in car accidents on the freeway with perfectly working seat belts and airbags. At <80mph.
Now imagine entering the atmosphere at 17,000 mph. Pray all you want. Magic or technology isn't going to help you if something goes catastrophically wrong at such high speeds and altitudes.

NASA -better- learn from this failure. All the more reason for a next-gen shuttle program (which was in the works by the way).. conveniently cut by the federal government.

>> ^charliem:
Not totally pointless.
F1 drivers make it out of crashes that would appear to disintegrate anyone occupying the cabin of the car, on impact, without a scratch on them.


F1 cars are made to disintegrate, the idea being that every piece that flies off carries energy away from the driver - this makes the crashes look a little more intense than they really are.

N.A.S.A. = Need Another Seven Astronauts.... old joke.

Moving this video to MrFisk's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

I'm with George Carlin on the whole lot of them.

I survived the sudden decompression, lethal helmet and seatbelt trauma, extreme re-entry heat and earth impact only to be kidnapped by a freak in astronaut diapers in the NASA parking lot.

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