Talk:Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

Add A Paragraph About Big Bird's Involvement
Nasa was in talks with Sesame Street Producers to have Caroll Spinney be aboard the challenger and film segments as his famous character, Big Bird. The plan was thrown out because the suit wouldn't be able to fit inside the shuttle and Spinney was replaced by McAuliffe. I think that would be an interesting part of the page. MrCboY1997 (talk) 14:53, 3 July 2023 (UTC)


 * If you've got reliable sources for that, you're welcome to add it. NekoKatsun (nyaa) 17:25, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It has been a bit of time since I was working on this article, but I remember not being able to find reliable sources for the Big Bird anecdote, but read about it in forum posts and the like. That being said, I don't think it was a 1-for-1 swap between Big Bird and McAuliffe; I think the idea was that NASA planned to do more outreach using citizen-astronauts, starting with Teacher in Space, but plans were scrapped after the Challenger Disaster. This story wouldn't merit an entire paragraph/subsection. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 19:50, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Having done a bit of research after this came up, looks like the initial plan was indeed more citizen-astronauts - there were fairly solid plans for at least one reporter that I could find. Big Bird, however, seems to have gotten no further than "hey, this would be neat". I found reference to NASA contacting the producers asking if they thought this would be neat too, and they seem to have agreed, but there's nothing beyond that. I wouldn't call it "in talks," certainly. If we added a reference to this to the article, I'd suggest merely saying that NASA had expressed interest in having Big Bird fly on a shuttle mission - but to be honest, I don't think it belongs on the page that's specifically about the catastrophic launch. NekoKatsun (nyaa) 15:07, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I believe we should add this information as several sources like confirmed talks, however it should be added to another article as per But for Napoleon, it was Tuesday. XCBRO172 (talk) 17:04, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Add in media War thunder use of image of rocket motor
The new Seek and Destroy update 19 June 2024Example showing they line up and Their own website showing the promotional wallpaper  the update also added a new map labeled “Mysterious Valley, Spaceport” that takes place in a fictional area of China that includes a rocket launch site  173.207.189.230 (talk) 13:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I stand corrected not a fictional place in china 173.207.189.230 (talk) 22:33, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * They have changed poster and removed the use of the image of the rocket motor’s explosion 173.207.189.230 (talk) 20:27, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This is all trivia with no reliable source to show notability. Reddit is not a valid source for our needs. —  The Hand That Feeds You :Bite 12:27, 28 June 2024 (UTC)