Comments on: The Challenger http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/ Wii, iPod, DVD, TV, and So Much More Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:10:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Rob http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13099 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:02:31 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13099 I was in college when the launch was going on. For some reason that school had set up the student lounge, with a HUGE screen that they were broadcasting the launch on. All of us being 17-19 at the time, we had been part of the first generation that saw the "walk on the moon" when we were little kids. Anything space related was still like candy to us. SO of course - a lot of us sat down from a busy ( and mostly drunken ) day at college, and watched the launch. A few moments after launching, may have been seconds or hours, not sure at this point - big burst of light where the shuttle was. Until I read the article, I would have sworn we had all heard a big explosion, but I guess the mind plays tricks and fills in those cues when it needs to. Even after it happened, most of us didn't believ it. For a lot of us- that moment was the end of the dream. I was in college when the launch was going on. For some reason that school had set up the student lounge, with a HUGE screen that they were broadcasting the launch on.
All of us being 17-19 at the time, we had been part of the first generation that saw the “walk on the moon” when we were little kids. Anything space related was still like candy to us. SO of course - a lot of us sat down from a busy ( and mostly drunken ) day at college, and watched the launch.
A few moments after launching, may have been seconds or hours, not sure at this point - big burst of light where the shuttle was. Until I read the article, I would have sworn we had all heard a big explosion, but I guess the mind plays tricks and fills in those cues when it needs to.
Even after it happened, most of us didn’t believ it.
For a lot of us- that moment was the end of the dream.

]]> by: cousar http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13087 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:57:23 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13087 Oop, sorry. I shoulda checked the calendar. Oop, sorry. I shoulda checked the calendar.

]]> by: Mark http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13081 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:19:29 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13081 The 26th was a Sunday, the day the Bears won Super Bowl XX. Challenger happened on Tuesday. So, the 28th. (I was living in Florida at the time, so that's one of those things that is branded into my memory.) (Also, with the MSNBC article, the caption on the picture at the top says "Jan. 28,1986.") The 26th was a Sunday, the day the Bears won Super Bowl XX.

Challenger happened on Tuesday. So, the 28th.

(I was living in Florida at the time, so that’s one of those things that is branded into my memory.)

(Also, with the MSNBC article, the caption on the picture at the top says “Jan. 28,1986.”)

]]> by: Peter http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13080 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:50:35 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13080 I remember being in the 2nd grade and watching it in the classroom. I also remember the Punky Brewster special that followed after. The Challenger explosion is kinda of like "where were you when JFK was shot" for our generation. I remember being in the 2nd grade and watching it in the classroom. I also remember the Punky Brewster special that followed after. The Challenger explosion is kinda of like “where were you when JFK was shot” for our generation.

]]> by: Cousar http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13079 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:59:03 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13079 Wasn't it the 26th? Wasn’t it the 26th?

]]> by: FindlayBoy http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13078 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:27:21 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-2/#comment-13078 Actually, it was the 28th, not the 27th. Actually, it was the 28th, not the 27th.

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