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Old 08-15-2003, 07:09 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally posted by MikeyChalupa
What? There are only two space shuttles that have ever blown up, and neither had anything to do with lightning. Maybe a rocket, or something. I'd like to know what specifically you're talking about.

-Mikey
If I'm remembering correctly, there was an Apollo launch that was hit by lightning (as it went through the clouds). Suddenly, Mission Control was getting lots of fuzzy data at one of the most critical times in the mission. They almost had to scrub the mission, but steely-eyed missle man, John Aaron asked the astronauts to reboot something and everything went back to normal.

And if I got all this info completely correct, I'll be as suprised as anyone.
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