At the beginning of Beyoncé's "XO," we hear a clip of a NASA employee reacting to footage of the Challenger space shuttle exploding in January of 1986: ""Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation. Obviously a major malfunction." Perhaps unsurprisingly this has now become a mini-controversy after ABC spoke to families of those who died in the accident. Says JuneScobeeRodgers, the husband of commander DickScobee:
In response, Beyoncé—who grew up in Houston—gave an exclusive statement to ABC explaining the significance of the audio.
That should tie everything up, but if not let's end with this.
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