The more robustly constructed crew cabin also survived the breakup of the launch vehicle; while the SRBs were subsequently destroyed remotely by the Range Safety Officer, the detached cabin continued along a ballistic trajectory and was observed exiting the cloud of gases at T+75.237.
In the images, you can see the solid rocket booster (SRB) following a random path after the explosion.
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When they're out of control and could hit someone.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disast...
In the images, you can see the solid rocket booster (SRB) following a random path after the explosion.