Allen Thomson wrote:
(MasterShrink) wrote


I am really getting sick of seeing this phrase "exploded" in nearly
every media outlet talking about the loss of Columbia, as it seems
everyone I run into these days says Columbia "exploded"...even people
who really should know better.


It was the same way with Challenger, which didn't strictly "explode."

Yeah, but at least with Challenger, when the accident occurred, they had
actually announced it at Cape Canaveral: "Obviously a major
malfunction....We have no downlink....The Flight Dynamics Officer has
confirmed that the vehicle has exploded." Remember? Everybody watching
the accident on TV heard that announcement--even though the word
"exploded" turned out to be not entirely accurate.


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