In addition to recovering human remains, the search of East Texas also recovered several parts of flight deck panels.
Just as in the Challenger accident, several switches were determined to have been moved their nominal positions.
By correlating the recovered switches with the telemetry data that was transmitted after loss of voice signal, the investigators concluded that at least one person in that orbiter was alert and working the problem within <1 minute of when molten metal started to penetrate the crew cabin and the seat belts started to fail.
Just like the Apollo 1 fire and various Soyuz incidents, this is exactly who you pick for spaceflight. You want a person who, when bad shit happens, doesn’t panic, and then you train the absolute shit outta them until performing your tasks while there’s a literal fire or your air is running out (remember, 10 seconds of useful consciousness) or you’re drowning or whatever is just muscle memory.
In addition to recovering human remains, the search of East Texas also recovered several parts of flight deck panels.
Just as in the Challenger accident, several switches were determined to have been moved their nominal positions.
By correlating the recovered switches with the telemetry data that was transmitted after loss of voice signal, the investigators concluded that at least one person in that orbiter was alert and working the problem within <1 minute of when molten metal started to penetrate the crew cabin and the seat belts started to fail.
Just like the Apollo 1 fire and various Soyuz incidents, this is exactly who you pick for spaceflight. You want a person who, when bad shit happens, doesn’t panic, and then you train the absolute shit outta them until performing your tasks while there’s a literal fire or your air is running out (remember, 10 seconds of useful consciousness) or you’re drowning or whatever is just muscle memory.
Never Give Up
Never surrender.