Next, the story of Christa Mcauliffe, one of the crewmembers on board of the illfated Space Shuttle challenger. 15 seconds. 10. Robert we were in the grandstands and we were located directly behind christas parents. Lift off. Robert after the launch, everyone was yelling and very thrilled that we were seeing our colleague fly in space. The sequencing of it was such that after approximately two minutes, we are supposed to see the separation of the solid rocket boosters, two minutes and 10 seconds. And i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. And the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. And i said no, thats not right. Something is wrong. At that point, the announcer at the Kennedy Space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. In fact, ill never in my life forget those words that first came over. I
Mission to build, resupply, and do research on the International Space station. 10 and a half minutes later, you are now in space, and the things that you dropped are floating, the dust particles and things. You are still strapped in, and when the engines cut off, because you are accelerating in the stop, you feel like youre tumbling forward. I was like, whats going on here . Under the seat belt, i push off my back and flitted to videotape back to the planet flew to the window to videotape the planet. This thing is falling and we are trying to see any marks on it, seeing if something had hit our vehicle, like what happened to the columbia accident. , do this thing and im like ok, and i see the caribbean. The colors of the ocean are so dramatic and blue. I almost need a new definition of blue to describe what im looking at. And we are going around the planet every 90 minutes and seeing the sunrise and sunset every five minutes. Im like, wow, this is space. Back at the planet, you see th
Space shuttle atlantis. Mission to build, resupply, and do research on the International Space station. Eight and a half minutes later, you are now in space, and the things that you dropped are floating, the dust particles and things. You are still strapped in, and when the engines cut off, because you are accelerating in the stop, you feel like youre tumbling forward. I was like, whats going on here . Under the seat belt, i pushed off my back and flew to the window to videotape the planet. This thing is falling and we are trying to see any marks on it, seeing if something had hit our vehicle, like what happened to the columbia accident. I do this thing and im like, ok, and i see the caribbean. The colors of the ocean are so dramatic and blue. I almost need a new definition of blue to describe what im looking at. And we are going around the planet every 90 minutes and seeing the sunrise and sunset every five minutes. Im like, wow, this is space. Back at the planet, you see the sun, and
Cape canaveral. First time in almost a decade americans are going to be sending americans into space. This is a big moment for elon musk and his spacex company. In fact will use tesla vehicle to bring the two astronauts out to the ganttry here. This is launchpad 39a. That should ring a pell, where all apollo flights took off, including apollo xi, the one that landed on the moon. You will see see key players there. People on cocoa beach. They say better part of valor keeping your distance. Try telling a people not seen a manned launch from Cape Canaveral in a decade. We we have phil keating at Kennedy Space center in Cape Canaveral. Phil . Reporter at this moment all systems are go for the historic launch 4 30 p. M. Eastern time, roughly four hours from now. This is the fires time, a private space company, spacex will launch astronauts from their rocket and capsule, ever. This is big deal. Lives are on the line. This is the only second time the space dragon capsule has gone from either
But im good and im back. Tom we are thrilled that you are back, and this illness is something, whether it is the flu or covid or whatever. Betsy grace at Morgan Stanley yesterday, and she said she is focused on the original moment we had in earnings yesterday. We will see that with j. P. Morgan and wells fargo. As you mention in your opening, the major thrust here, country to country come is on lockdown, and if and when anybody can really wish country to country, is on lockdown, and if anybody can relinquish the quarantine on society. Francine we will have a full round down rundown on the possibility of a vaccination, but we are nowhere near that yet. We also have to look at antibody testing. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana President Donald Trump hopes to reopen the u. S. Ahead of schedule. The president saying within days the administration will issue guidance for governors who want to relax social distancing practices. The pres