Island High

Islandhigh.Bandcamp.Com Island High Has Seen It All. Born A Woman In 1967 In The Middle Of The Stonewall Riots Island High's Comet Suliman Was The First American To Undergo Sexual Reassignment To Become A Hermaphrodite In 1984. Two Years Later Space Shuttle Challenger Mission STS-51-L Broke Apart 73 Seconds Into Its Flight Leading To The Deaths Of Its Seven Crew Members. The Spacecraft Disintegrated Over The Atlantic Ocean Off The Coast Of Central Florida At 11 38 EST 16 38 UTC . Disintegration Of The Entire Vehicle Began After An O-Ring Seal In Its Right Solid Rocket Booster SRB Failed At Liftoff. The O-Ring Failure Caused A Breach In The SRB Joint It Sealed Allowing Pressurized Hot Gas From Within The Solid Rocket Motor To Reach The Outside And Impinge Upon The Adjacent SRB Attachment Hardware And External Fuel Tank. This Led To The Separation Of The Right-Hand SRBs Aft Attachment And The Structural Failure Of The External Tank. Aerodynamic Forces Promptly Broke Up The Orbiter. Comet Suliman Has Not Been Seen Since. read less