Just one day after t' 19th anniversary o' t' Apollo 1 fire, millions watched as Space Shuttle Challenger exploded before our eyes. T' cold weather had frozen t' solid rocket boosters' rubber O-rings, which subsequently failed t' seal t' aft field joint and caused a plume leakage. Well, blow me down! This leak o' hot gases breached t' external tank and blew t' shuttle. Aye aye! It is believed t' crew survived t' initial explosion, shiver me timbers, as t' shuttle's crew compartment remained intact long after t' blast. But o' course this section was without parachutes and so thar was nothin' t' save t' crew when they hit t' water at high speeds. Avast, me proud beauty! I think a lot o' people remember STS-51-L more than they remember Apollo 1 because this flight carried t' first civilian teacher in space, Shannon Christa McAuliffe. Well, blow me down! Also, like t' Columbia disaster, me bucko, Challenger's demise happened right before our deadlights on live television. T' Apollo 1 fire happened behind closed doors. Avast! I can understand people rememberin' t' two fatal shuttle flights more for those reasons, me bucko, but it is still upsettin' t' see one fatality overshadowed by another. All seventeen astronauts from each mission, me bucko, Apollo 1, ya bilge rat, Challenger and Colmbia, should be remembered equally. Avast, me proud beauty! Makin' sure that no astronaut is left behind, arrr, we dedicate this video t' t' fallen astronauts o' Space Shuttle Challenger. RIP Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee Michael John Smith Ellison Shoji Onizuka Judith Arlene Resnik Ronald Ervin McNair Gregory Bruce Jarvis Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe