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Mark Kelly: “Challenger accident, nothing you can do about it.”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

Published | Video Starts at 21:14

This stuff gets really complex. Yeah. And then you go to fly the vehicle. And the accidents we've had with Challenger and Columbia, you know, those were, you know, Challenger accident, nothing you can do about it. Columbia accident, nothing you could have really done about it. I mean, if something falls off on liftoff, puts a hole in the wing, the vehicle disintegrates on entry. (21:14–21:17)

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Asserts that the Challenger accident was unavoidable.

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