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posted 10-10-2005 10:26 AM               

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I look forward to "Today in Space History" each day. It's educational and painless.

Can anyone shed more light on this Challenger incident for me? Was it a Star Wars type incident? Any links you can provide will be appreciated by me and, I'm sure, other readers.

Thank you, Garry

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From: Madisonville, Louisiana
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posted 10-10-2005 10:53 AM               

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Here you go:
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/terra3.htm and http://www.astronautix.com/flights/sts41g.htm

The links above are the only information that I have ever found on the incident. But I have to say whatever Soviet official ordered that laser to be used on the shuttle had some chutzpah.

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posted 10-10-2005 07:55 PM               

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Brian, thank you. What a great resource of space minds we have aboard at CollectSpace.

Regards, Garry

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From: Huntsville, AL, USA
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posted 10-11-2005 12:43 PM               

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I asked Crippen about this about a year ago. He says the crew was unaware of the incident at the time.

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