My thoughts too. This shuttle was multi-multi-millions of dollars, and obviously back in the '80s that would have been ultra expensive. You don't purposely blow up something like that, literally burning a mountain of money. I think even the elites/deep state didn't want to waste money on something like this, not when it put such a bad taste in everyone's mouths about space exploration, which they had been pushing since the '50s.

And it's not like this was the only time an accident of this scale happened. In 2003, the Columbia shuttle was torn apart on re-entry into the atmosphere because one of the heat-resistant tiles tore/fell off when they launched, and exposed critical wiring inside one of the wings to the intense heat of re-entry. There was no saving or surviving that one. The debris field was miles long over Texas.

The re-use of these shuttles made them very susceptible to damages, and took forever to repair. Even when they did get fixed, they were still weaker each time they went up. And there were obviously flaws in the design, such as in the Challenger's rocket boosters. The flexible rubber O-rings in the boosters were not approved for use in freezing surface temperatures (you may say, "well it's freezing in space!" and you're right (if you're not facing the sun), except the rocket boosters are meant to be ejected from the shuttle well before they reach such a height where the temperature would be a problem), which is what happened to Challenger, since it was launched in January during a cold snap that brought surface temps down below freezing--in Florida!

Even the engineers for Challenger warned the higher ups not to launch in such cold temps, but they wouldn't listen. They figured "everything will be fine" and didn't want to waste more money pushing the launch date back. Ironically they ended up losing more money than just on a late launch date. They lost a multi-million dollar shuttle, and 7 lives. One of whom was a civilian. And it also brought the shuttle expeditions to a screeching halt, ultimately costing them more money.

Any way you slice it, I honestly don't believe this disaster was actually on purpose. The huge losses of money, lives, and reputation for the space program is not something I believe the elites/deep state would do on purpose. The only thing that was on purpose was launching on a date that the engineers warned was dangerous. Higher ups only had dollar signs in their eyes, but ended up losing so much more than that. Ultimately, mistakes happen, and not everything is controlled by humans. After all, only God is fully in control.