The flag being referred to did indeed survive the incident. It was recoverd still in its original container. We can only assume this is the same one.
 
It should be noted that the shuttle itself did not explode, so its contents were not subjected to extreme heat during the burnoff of the liquid fuel rocket. The shuttle broke up as a result of mach 2 turbulence.

 
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Rod_Kennedy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Is there anyone but me that thinks we should throw the BS flag on this one?  If it was cotton it would have burned, if it was nylon it would have melted.  In either case wouldn't it have sank once it was saturated with seawater?  Sorry I find this one offensive.

Rod Kennedy
Casper Planetarium

On Sunday, November 4, 2012 2:03:38 PM UTC-7, Glenn A. Walsh wrote:
Saturday in Colorado, Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney introduced a Boy Scout Master, with an American flag which had miraculously survived the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986.

http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2012/11/us-flag-that-survived-challenger.html

gaw

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