The Challenger disaster holds special meaning for me. This was the first time I had ever dealt with death or anything bad happening - this documentary even holds a famous photo of a classmate of mine's shock on the day of. I can remember all of it like yesterday, even down to what I was wearing. So anything I can do to learn more about it is something I want to do. This documentary does not, however, provide more information than I already new. It does seem, like a lot of Netflix documentaries, to be written around the footage they had and the people they could get to talk to them. It does provide some new footage and photos that I hadn't seen before so that is a plus but most of it is not compelling or interesting footage. The documentary is smart not to take a position on the good guys and the bad guys here. Though we all know they shouldn't have launched, now, the documentary muddles the waters showing how many compelling arguments there were for and against launching and you come away realizing the complexity of the situation. Ultimately the tragedy lead to the end of the shuttle program - along with the 2003 tragedy. And now, we know, this isn't the way to go.
Review of Challenger: The Final Flight
