{"id":11536,"date":"2015-09-28T13:06:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T17:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=11536"},"modified":"2015-09-29T08:18:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T12:18:01","slug":"did-the-1986-space-shuttle-challenger-crew-really-die-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=11536","title":{"rendered":"Did The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Really Die In Space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>NASA does it again &#8230; only this time was the &#8216;O-rings&#8217;<\/h1>\n<h3>Yeah &#8230; Right?!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31734.ngsversion.1422031299027.adapt_.768.1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17964\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31734.ngsversion.1422031299027.adapt_.768.1.jpg\" alt=\"31734.ngsversion.1422031299027.adapt.768.1\" width=\"768\" height=\"531\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>TMR Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong><br \/>\nTHE MILLENNIUM REPORT\u00a0has not taken the time to conduct the necessary research required to confirm or invalidate the content of the following piece of investigative journalism. \u00a0At first glance it is a fascinating expos\u00e9 which, if it is true, would put the final nail into\u00a0the\u00a0NASA&#8217;s coffin.<\/p>\n<p>However, upon even superficial examination, there appear to be some big holes in this highly creative narrative. \u00a0Nevertheless, what this analysis does point to is the VERY great likelihood that the Challenger astronauts are still alive. \u00a0Why do we draw that <strong>firm conclusion<\/strong> &#8230; even when the narrative below is questionable?<\/p>\n<p>Because the entire \u201cO-ring plot\u201d, which dramatically exploded both before and after the Challenger exploded, was simply too implausible and staged throughout the quite\u00a0obviously fabricated\u00a0drama. In view of how completely untrustworthy and prevaricating NASA truly is \u2014 about everything they do \u2014 there are certainly various \u2018good\u2019 reasons why they were compelled to fake the deaths of the 7 Challenger crew members.<\/p>\n<p>THE MILLENNIUM REPORT is currently researching this matter, as we have no doubt that the\u00a0Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was yet another fictitious\u00a0event. \u00a0 (Yes, the space shuttle did explode, but why was it really taken down?) \u00a0What was the explicit purpose behind the seven staged deaths? \u00a0It was all NASA-designed and engineered to do exactly what?\u00a0\u00a0We do have our strong suspicions which will be shared in a\u00a0future essay. \u00a0 Until we can confirm them, if you see anyone on the street who looks like any of these folks, please be so kind as to\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/722342main_challenger_full_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17970\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/722342main_challenger_full_full.jpg\" alt=\"722342main_challenger_full_full\" width=\"750\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following post was written and published by Dr. Eowyn. \u00a0TMR offers no opinion on the veracity of the content contained therein and does not endorse the conclusions. We do, however, question more than ever the original NASA narrative about the \u201cO-ring seal conspiracy\u201d. Anyone who watched this story unfold in 1986 knows that Challenger should never have been permitted to launch that day \u2026 or any day with defective O-rings in place. If there was any truth to the \u2018O-ring\u2019 fisaco, NASA administrators and corporate contractors should have been criminally prosecuted for those supposed deaths.<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<h2>Are the crew members of 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger still\u00a0alive?<\/h2>\n<p>by Dr. Eowyn<br \/>\nFellowship of the Minds.com<\/p>\n<p>Friends, wrap your head with duct tape\u00a0(to prevent it from exploding). It\u2019s Down-the-Rabbit-Hole time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/rabbit-hole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62849\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/rabbit-hole.jpg?w=216&amp;h=300\" alt=\"rabbit hole\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re age 40 years or older, you\u2019d probably remember January 28, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>That was day of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Challenger<\/em> disaster<\/a>,\u00a0when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter<i>Challenger<\/i>\u00a0broke apart 73 seconds into its flight\u00a0over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:38 EST. All seven crew members were killed, including five\u00a0NASA astronauts and two payload specialists.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of Americans (17% of the total population) watched the launch live on TV because of Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space. Media coverage of the explosion was extensive: one study reported that 85% of Americans surveyed had heard the news within an hour of the accident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-disaster1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117355\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-disaster1.jpg?w=500&amp;h=309\" alt=\"Challenger disaster\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were told that Challenger disintegrated because of a malfunctioning O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster. The O-ring failure caused a breach in the SRB joint it sealed, allowing pressurized burning gas from within the solid rocket motor to reach the outside and impinge upon the adjacent SRB aft field joint attachment hardware and external fuel tank, leading to the structural failure of the external tank. Aerodynamic forces broke up the orbiter.<\/p>\n<p>The crew compartment and many other vehicle fragments were eventually recovered from the ocean floor after a lengthy search and recovery operation. The exact timing of the death of the crew is unknown; several crew members are known to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. But the shuttle had no escape system, and the impact of the crew compartment with the ocean surface was too violent to be survivable.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus in NASA\u2019s shuttle program and the formation of the Rogers Commission, a special commission appointed by then President Ronald Reagan to investigate the accident. The commission found NASA\u2019s organizational culture and decision-making processes had been key contributing factors to the accident.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>These are the names of Challenger\u2019s 7 crew members:<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlist\">\n<ol>\n<li><span class=\"nowrap\"><a title=\"Dick Scobee\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_Scobee\" target=\"_blank\">Francis Richard Scobee<\/a><\/span>, Commander<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"nowrap\"><a title=\"Michael J. Smith (astronaut)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_J._Smith_%28astronaut%29\" target=\"_blank\">Michael J. Smith<\/a><\/span>, Pilot<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"nowrap\"><a title=\"Ronald McNair\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_McNair\" target=\"_blank\">Ronald McNair<\/a><\/span>, Mission Specialist<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"nowrap\"><a title=\"Ellison Onizuka\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ellison_Onizuka\" target=\"_blank\">Ellison Onizuka<\/a><\/span>, Mission Specialist<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"nowrap\"><a title=\"Judith Resnik\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judith_Resnik\">Judith Resnik<\/a><\/span>, Mission Specialist<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"nowrap\"><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Greg Jarvis\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Jarvis\" target=\"_blank\">Gregory Jarvis<\/a><\/span>, Payload Specialist<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"nowrap\"><a title=\"Christa McAuliffe\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christa_McAuliffe\">Christa McAuliffe<\/a><\/span>, Payload Specialist<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>But wait!<\/p>\n<p>What if someone were to tell you that most, if not all, of Challenger\u2019s 7 crew members are still alive and thriving in their new professions, contrary to what we\u2019ve been told?<\/p>\n<p>That is the contention of\u00a0simonshack and other contributors on the chat forum,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cluesforum.info\/viewtopic.php?t=935&amp;p=2395059#p2395059\" target=\"_blank\">CluesForum.info<\/a>. They claim 6 of the 7 Challenger crew members are still alive; some even kept their names. Here\u2019s their evidence. (<strong>Note:<\/strong>CluesForum.info referenced a short article by Darrell Foss on <em>Opob News<\/em>, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/opobnews.com\/was-the-challenger-disaster-a-hoax-by-darrell-foss\/\" target=\"_blank\">Was the Challenger disaster a hoax?<\/a>,\u201d March 2015, as their first source.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Click pic below to enlarge<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117353\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg?w=500&amp;h=289\" alt=\"Challenger_flight_51-l_crew\" width=\"500\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. FRANCIS RICHARD SCOBEE, COMMANDER OF CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Born on May 19, 1939, Commander Francis Richard Scobee was 46 when he died in the Challenger explosion. He would be 75 years old if he were alive today.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, there\u2019s a man also named Richard Scobee, the CEO of a Chicago marketing-advertising company called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cowsintrees.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cows in Trees<\/a>, who bears a striking resemblance (factoring in the 30-year timelapse) to Commander Richard Scobee \u2014 same high forehead, same eyebrows, same wide-set eyes that are slightly tilted down in their outer corners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/richard-scobee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117356\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/richard-scobee.jpg?w=500&amp;h=428\" alt=\"Richard Scobee\" width=\"500\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The source of the pic on the right of CEO Richard Scobee is his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/richard-scobee\/18\/754\/238\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you go on Cows in Trees\u2019 website, you\u2019ll see an animation of a rocket-powered cow in the sky with swirling smoke shaped like the number 6, much like Space Shuttle Challenger as it was seen on TV exploding in mid-air.\u00a0Wink, wink. CEO Richard Scobee sure has a sense of humor! \/sarc<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/cows-in-trees-challenger-explosion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117357\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/cows-in-trees-challenger-explosion.jpg?w=500&amp;h=188\" alt=\"Cows in Trees &amp; Challenger explosion\" width=\"500\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. MICHAEL J. SMITH, PILOT OF CHALLENGER<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Born on April 30, 1945, Challenger pilot Michael John Smith was 41 years old when he died in the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a man also named <a href=\"http:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/ie\/faculty\/smith_michael\" target=\"_blank\">Michael J. Smith<\/a>, who bears a striking resemblance to astronaut Michael J. Smith \u2014 same horizontal eyebrows, same grey-blue eyes, same vertical indentation in the tip of the nose. This Michael J. Smith is a Professor Emeritus (retired) of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose email address is\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mjsmith@cae.wisc.edu\">mjsmith@cae.wisc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/michael_j_smith_compared.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-117360 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/michael_j_smith_compared.jpg?w=500&amp;h=357\" alt=\"Michael_J_Smith_compared\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Astronaut Michael J. Smith would be 70 years old if he were still alive today. Well, hot diggidy damn,\u00a0there just happens to be a 69-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lookupanyone.com\/results.php?qf=Michael+&amp;qmi=J&amp;qn=Smith&amp;qs=WI&amp;ReportType=1\" target=\"_blank\">Michael J. Smith<\/a>(the professor?)\u00a0whose addresses include Madison, Wisconsin! (He\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lookupanyone.com\/results.php?qf=Michael+&amp;qmi=J&amp;qn=Smith&amp;qs=WI&amp;ReportType=1\" target=\"_blank\">#74 on this LookUpAnyone list<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. RONALD MCNAIR, CHALLENGER\u2019S MISSION SPECIALIST<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Born on Oct. 21, 1950, Challenger\u2019s mission specialist Ronald McNair, the second African-American astronaut, with a Ph.D. in physics, would be 64 years old if he had not perished in the space shuttle explosion. If Ronald (l) were still alive today, he would look just like this pic of his brother, Carl (r).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/ronald-mcnair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117365\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/ronald-mcnair.jpg?w=500&amp;h=303\" alt=\"Ronald McNair\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montana.edu\/news\/12347\/founder-of-national-programs-promoting-academic-excellence-to-deliver-msu-s-mlk-lecture-jan-21\" target=\"_blank\">Carl McNair<\/a>\u00a0is an author, education consultant and inspirational speaker. He is the founder and president emeritus of the Ronald E. McNair Foundation\u00a0in honor of his brother. Here\u2019s Carl\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=17379635&amp;authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=xzpD&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2Cidx%3A1-2-2%2CtarId%3A1430418184158%2Ctas%3ACarl%20McNair\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn page<\/a>. <strong>(Please scroll down to my Update of May 9, 2015, for the results of my search on ancestry.com for the birth record(s) of Carl McNair.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>4. ELLISON ONIZUKA, CHALLENGER MISSION SPECIALIST<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Another Challenger mission specialist, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ellison_Onizuka\" target=\"_blank\">Ellison Onizuka<\/a>, the first Japanese-American astronaut, also has a lookalike brother named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/03\/02\/space-science-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">Claude<\/a>. Born on June 24, 1946 in Hawaii, Ellison would be 68 years old today if he had not died in the Challenger explosion. If Ellison were still alive, he would look just like this pic of his younger brother Claude \u2014 same eyebrows, same eyes, same crow\u2019s feet wrinkles, same nose, even the same hair-parting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/ellison-and-claude-onizuka.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117369\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/ellison-and-claude-onizuka.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"Ellison and Claude Onizuka\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsla.org\/Member-information.html?member=208\" target=\"_blank\">Claude Onizuka<\/a> is a\u00a0Liquor Adjudication Board Member of the\u00a0Department of Liquor Control, County of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii. <strong>(Please scroll down to my Update of May 9, 2015, for the results of my search on ancestry.com for the birth record(s) of Claude Onizuka.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>5. JUDITH RESNIK, CHALLENGER MISSION SPECIALIST<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Born on April 5, 1949, Challenger mission specialist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judith_Resnik\" target=\"_blank\">Judith Arlene Resnik<\/a>, with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, was the first Jewish American astronaut to go into space and the second female American astronaut. She would be 66 years old today if she had not died in the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>If she were alive today, it is not difficult to imagine that after 29 years, astronaut Judith Resnik would look like Arthur Liman Professor of Law\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.yale.edu\/faculty\/JResnik.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Judith Resnik<\/a>\u00a0at Yale Law School \u2014 dark curly hair, dark eyes, same eyebrow shape, same lines on both sides of the face extending up from the jaw.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/judith-resniks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117416\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/judith-resniks.jpg?w=500&amp;h=334\" alt=\"Judith Resniks\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/judith-resniks15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117424\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/judith-resniks15.jpg?w=500&amp;h=279\" alt=\"Judith Resniks1\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cluesforum.info\/viewtopic.php?f=23&amp;t=935&amp;start=720\" target=\"_blank\">Simonshack<\/a> draws our attention to how both Judith Resnicks\u2019 upper lips form a slight peak (on their left) when they speak:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/judith-resniks2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117419\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/judith-resniks2.jpg?w=500&amp;h=236\" alt=\"Judith Resniks2\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I searched <a href=\"http:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?gl=BMD_DEATH&amp;gss=angs-c&amp;new=1&amp;rank=1&amp;msT=1&amp;gsfn=Judith&amp;gsln=Resnik&amp;gsln_x=1&amp;msbdd=5&amp;msbdm=4&amp;msbdy=1949&amp;_83004003-n_xcl=m&amp;cp=0&amp;MSAV=0&amp;uidh=i2v&amp;so=2\" target=\"_blank\">Ancestry.com<\/a> for \u201cJudith Resnik\u201d whose birthday was April 5, 1949 (according to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judith_Resnik\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>). While there are burials and obituaries for Judith Resnik who was born April 4 or 5, 1949 and died on Jan. 28, 1986 (<strong>see below the screenshot I took<\/strong>), I looked through Ancestry.com\u2019s 241 death records for the last name Resnik but <strong>cannot find the SSDI for astronaut Judith Resnik or any other Judith Resnik. <\/strong>The only Resnik SSDIs I found are for Gerald Resnik, Paul Resnik, Sharon Resnik, Wulf Resnik, Michael Resnik, Charles Resnik, Stanley Resnik, Gary Resnik, Daniel Resnik, Donald Resnik, and Patricia Resnik. <strong>There is no SSDI for Judith Resnik.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2193 Click image below to enlarge\u00a0\u2193<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-resnik1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117425\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-resnik1.jpg?w=500&amp;h=301\" alt=\"Challenger - Resnik1\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>UPDATE (SEPT. 10, 2015):<\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s a YouTube video comparing the voices of astronaut Judith Resnick and Professor Judith Resnick (h\/t FOTM reader CW). They are the same woman.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0DYro3HWeZM?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>6. SHARON CHRISTA MCAULIFFE, CHALLENGER PAYLOAD SPECIALIST<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Born on Sept. 2, 1948, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christa_McAuliffe\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Christa McAuliffe<\/a>\u00a0was a social studies teacher at Concord High School in New Hampshire when\u00a0she was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to participate in the NASA Teacher in Space Project. If Challenger had not exploded, she would\u00a0be the first teacher in space. If she had not died in the Challenger disaster, McAuliffe would be 66 years old today.<sup id=\"cite_ref-EdweekTimeline_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Well, there\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/law.syr.edu\/profile\/sharon-mcauliffe1\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon A. McAuliffe<\/a>, an adjunct professor at Syracuse University College of Law, who kinda looks like an older astronaut McAuliffe, factoring in the 30 years timelapse. Look at the cowlick of hair, sweeping from the center of their hairlines to the left side of their foreheads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/sharon-mcauliffe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117412\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/sharon-mcauliffe.jpg?w=500&amp;h=404\" alt=\"Sharon McAuliffe\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I searched Ancestry.com for the SSDI for \u201cSharon McAuliffe,\u201d with the birthdate of Sept. 2, 1948. <strong>I found <\/strong>grave\/burial indexes for Sharon Christa McAuliffe and<strong>an SSDI for a Sha McAuliffe<\/strong>. See screenshot I took below (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-mcauliffe1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117426\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-mcauliffe1.jpg?w=500&amp;h=308\" alt=\"Challenger - McAuliffe1\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cluesforum.info\/viewtopic.php?t=935&amp;p=2395059#p2395059\" target=\"_blank\">Simonshack<\/a> points us that \u201cIt may also be entirely coincidental\u201d that Syracuse law professor Sharon is <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/mcauliffe-sworn-in-as-virginia-governor\/2014\/01\/11\/998095f0-7951-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html\">a cousin of<\/a> Terry McAuliffe, the current governor of Virginia who was <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terry_McAuliffe\">co-chairman of President Bill Clinton\u2019s 1996 re-election campaign and chairman of Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2008 presidential campaign.<\/a>\u00a0Terry McAuliffe, an advocate of gun control, is also very much concerned about NASA funding issues. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/business\/article_4adc8e64-eccb-5c30-bf0e-50e0f8a9c119.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/governorva\/status\/520618378223190016\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the end we need to ask ourselves this question:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one thing that one of the Challenger\u2019s crew members resembles someone alive today. For that, we can chalk it up to a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s another thing entirely <strong>that SIX members of the Challenger crew have<em>doppelg\u00e4ngers<\/em> who are alive, in some cases with exactly the same names (Richard Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Judith Resnick, Sharon McAuliffe). What are the chances of that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to be an expert in mathematics to know that those odds defy statistical probability.<\/p>\n<p>H\/t FOTM\u2019s Martha Trowbridge<\/p>\n<h2>Update (May 1, 2015):<\/h2>\n<p>On the genealogy website\u00a0Ancestry.com,\u00a0<strong>I found the SSDIs of Francis Richard Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and a \u201cSha McAuliffe\u201d <\/strong>(see above in the section on McAuliffe), <strong>but not of Judith Resnik<\/strong> (as I explained above in the section on her above. Here are the screenshots I took of the SSDIs of Scobee, Smith, McNair, Onizuka, and Jarvis. (Click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-scobee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117427\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-scobee.jpg?w=500&amp;h=233\" alt=\"Challenger - Scobee\" width=\"500\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-smith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117428\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-smith.jpg?w=500&amp;h=211\" alt=\"Challenger - Smith\" width=\"500\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-mcnair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117429\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-mcnair.jpg?w=500&amp;h=212\" alt=\"Challenger - McNair\" width=\"500\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-onizuka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117430\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-onizuka.jpg?w=500&amp;h=214\" alt=\"Challenger - Onizuka\" width=\"500\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-jarvis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117432\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/challenger-jarvis.jpg?w=500&amp;h=189\" alt=\"Challenger - Jarvis\" width=\"500\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It should be said that although\u00a0SSDI presumably has the <em>imprimatur<\/em> of the U.S. government, we still have reasons to be skeptical. I refer you to the curious case of Adam Lanza, who on Dec. 14, 2012, allegedly shot to death, first his mother Nancy, then 20 children and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. We are told that he then shot himself in the head minutes before the police arrived at the school.<\/p>\n<p>Genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com initially had Adam Lanza\u2019s SSDI with a date of death (DOD) as Dec. 13, 2012 \u2014 one day BEFORE the massacre. Then when bloggers discovered that strange DOD, the genealogy websites quickly changed his DOD to Dec. 14, 2012. See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"SSDI changed Adam Lanza\u2019s date-of-death from Dec. 13 to Dec. 14, 2012\u00a0!!!\" href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/02\/ssdi-changed-adam-lanzas-date-of-death-from-dec-13-to-dec-14-2012\/\">SSDI changed Adam Lanza\u2019s date-of-death from Dec. 13 to Dec. 14, 2012\u00a0!!!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ancestry.com still has Adam Lanza\u2019s date-of-death as a day before the Sandy Hook massacre\" href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/05\/ancestry-com-still-has-adam-lanzas-date-of-death-as-a-day-before-the-sandy-hook-massacre\/\">Ancestry.com still has Adam Lanza\u2019s date-of-death as a day before the Sandy Hook massacre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Update (May 9, 2015): The Search for 2 Brothers<\/h2>\n<h3>CARL MCNAIR<\/h3>\n<p>I searched on Ancestry.com for a \u201cCarl McNair,\u201d who claims to be the brother of astronaut Ronald McNair. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=17379635&amp;authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=xzpD&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2Cidx%3A1-2-2%2CtarId%3A1430418184158%2Ctas%3ACarl%20McNair\" target=\"_blank\">Carl S. McNair\u2019s LinkedIn page<\/a> says his birthdate is Dec. 16; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_McNair\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia\u2019s page on Ronald McNair<\/a> says his parents are Carl C. and Pearl M. McNair.\u00a0 So I asked Ancestry.com to search all \u201cbirth, baptism and christening\u201d records for \u201cCarl McNair,\u201d born on Dec. 16, whose father is Carl McNair and mother is Pearl McNair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result of search:<\/strong> Just <a href=\"http:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?gl=BMD_BIRTH&amp;gss=angs-c&amp;new=1&amp;rank=1&amp;msT=1&amp;gsfn=Carl&amp;gsln=McNair&amp;gsln_x=1&amp;msbdd=16&amp;msbdm=12&amp;msfng=Carl&amp;msfns=McNair&amp;msfns_x=1&amp;msmng=Pearl&amp;msmng_x=1&amp;msmns=McNair&amp;_83004003-n_xcl=f&amp;cpxt=1&amp;cp=12&amp;MSAV=0&amp;uidh=i2v&amp;so=2\" target=\"_blank\">one record<\/a> in Texas Birth Certificates 1903-1932, that of Herschel John McNair, born on 12 Oct 1912 \u2013 Rosewood, Upshur, whose father was William McNair and mother was Pearl Watkins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words, according to Ancestry.com, there is no Carl McNair, brother of Ronald McNair.<\/strong> Here\u2019s the screenshot I took of ancestry.com\u2019s search results, with the time (10:18 AM) and date (5\/9\/2015) when I took it in the lower right corner (circled in red).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u2193 Click image to enlarge\u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/carl-mcnair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117742\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/carl-mcnair.jpg?w=500&amp;h=275\" alt=\"Carl McNair\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just to be sure, I re-did my search for \u201cCarl McNair,\u201d this time without specifying the names of the parents. There were 8,850 results. So I narrowed the search to \u201cCarl McNair,\u201d whose father\u2019s last name is McNair and whose mother\u2019s first name is Pearl. That narrowed the results to <a href=\"http:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?gl=BMD_BIRTH&amp;gss=angs-c&amp;new=1&amp;rank=1&amp;msT=1&amp;gsfn=Carl&amp;gsln=McNair&amp;msfns=McNair&amp;msmng=Pearl&amp;_83004003-n_xcl=f&amp;cpxt=1&amp;cp=12&amp;MSAV=0&amp;uidh=i2v&amp;so=2\" target=\"_blank\">8,980<\/a>, which include all persons whose last name is McNair or similar-sounding last names, e.g., McNare, McNear, Mackner. Of those 8,980 results, <strong>I found no Carl McNair whose father\u2019s name is (also) Carl McNair and whose mother\u2019s first name is Pearl.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No parent names were given for these 3 Carl McNairs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Carl W. McNair, b. Sept 2, 1950<\/li>\n<li>Carl F. McNair, b. Feb. 9, 1954<\/li>\n<li>Marcus Carl McNair, b. Dec. 23, 1952<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Since astronaut Ronald McNair was born on Oct. 21, 1950, we can rule out #1 Carl W. McNair, born on Sept. 2, 1950, as Ronald\u2019s brother. That leaves us with Carl. F. McNair and Marcus Carl McNair.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CLAUDE ONIZUKA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I also asked Ancestry.com to<a href=\"http:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?gl=34&amp;gss=sfs28_ms_f-34&amp;new=1&amp;rank=1&amp;msT=1&amp;gsfn=Claude&amp;gsfn_x=1&amp;gsln=Onizuka&amp;gsln_x=1&amp;msfng=Masamitsu&amp;msfns=Onizuka&amp;msfns_x=1&amp;msmng=Mitsue&amp;_83004003-n_xcl=f&amp;cpxt=1&amp;cp=12&amp;MSAV=0&amp;uidh=i2v\" target=\"_blank\"> search for the birth records of \u201cClaude Onizuka<\/a>,\u201d the alleged brother of astronaut Ellison Onizuka. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ellison_Onizuka\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia\u2019s entry on Ellison Onizuka<\/a>, his father was the late Masamitsu Onizuka, his mother is Mitsue Onizuka.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result of search:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cYour search for Claude Onizuka returned <strong>zero<\/strong> good matches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/claude-onizuka1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117744\" src=\"http:\/\/fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/claude-onizuka1.jpg?w=500&amp;h=275\" alt=\"Claude Onizuka1\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just to be sure, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?gl=BMD_BIRTH&amp;gss=angs-c&amp;new=1&amp;rank=1&amp;msT=1&amp;gsfn=Claude&amp;gsln=Onizuka&amp;gsln_x=1&amp;_83004003-n_xcl=f&amp;cpxt=1&amp;cp=12&amp;MSAV=0&amp;uidh=i2v&amp;so=2\" target=\"_blank\">I re-did the search for \u201cClaude Onizuka<\/a>,\u201d this time without putting in the names of the parents. <strong>There were 36 results, none of which is Claude Onizuka.\u00a0<\/strong>In other words, according to Ancestry.com, no one named Claude Onizuka had ever been born in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><em>~ \u00c9owyn<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"jp-post-flair\" class=\"sharedaddy sd-rating-enabled sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA does it again &#8230; only this time was the &#8216;O-rings&#8217; Yeah &#8230; Right?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}