David Hawkins Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 WOW. A time to remember..................................... I used to have the Challenger Tag on my Car way back in the 80's. http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20110127/US.SCI.Challenger_s.25th/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickSilverShelby Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I Still remember this day clearly. Came home from high school exams at age 16 and I wanted to watch the shuttle launch, live on CNN. When the shuttle did not make it, I felt horrible like everyone and my "important" world seamed much less important that day. It was a rough day indeed. QSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt350lp Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 That was so sad....RIP.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIKEBOY Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 The Challenger Explosion, John Lennon's horrible day, 911, all days for ME, at least, that I will vividly remember exactly what I was doing and where I was. It seemed unreal first...that we could blast these ENORMOUS vehicles from a standstill into space. Then after all of the flights, (safely returning to land) it seemed even more unreal that something so horrible could go wrong? Sad, sad day to be sure. Lest we forget the other shuttle tragedy............the explosion over the AZ, TX, NM desert! R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I remember that day well.................at work when Marji called to tell me the horrible news that we lost the shuttle and crew. Just like 911........it will be part of me forever. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I missed class that day and went to see it live. It's still chilling to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormracer Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Just was reminded on the news of this, and thought to myself wow 25 years already. Time sure flies. Aside from that, RIP adventurers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT NAJA Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Like others have commented, I remember exactly where I was when I heard this terrible news on the radio. It was a devastating blow to NASA's space program, much like the loss of the Apollo 1 crew consisting of Grissom, White and Chaffee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1 years before. What made Challenger shocking was the larger loss of life "in flight" and the inclusion of "citizen" passenger Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire teacher who was literally going on a field trip "out of this world" that would be shared with other teachers and children throughout the country / world http://www.washingto...6012401108.html . Several days after the incident I remember meeting with our insurance producer from C&B/M&A and recall him telling us about a life insurance policy they had issued to Christa as a gift because her own coverage had been cancelled due to the perceived risk of space flight http://articles.lati...nsurance-policy . The policy limits were surrendered to Christa's parents less than 26 hours following the disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I too remember that day vividly. I was in Tampa, Florida, a young Airman at MacDill AFB. Even though the launch took place on the other side of the state, we were able to see the contrails from the launches. When they eventually resumed the launches, I took my supervisor and his 10 yr. old son and we drove over to Cape Canaveral to watch Discovery take off live. We were parked along side of A1A, along with thousands of others. When the shuttle took off, everyone watched in amazement while clapping, cheering and celebrating. What an awesome moment that was. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldgus Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Wow, 25 years... I still have my Challenger tags from when I lived in Florida back in 1990-91. And the ironic thing is that those tags were on my FIRST Mustang, a 1991 5.0 LX hatchback. RIP Brave Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel-b001 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Wow! hard to believe it has been that long, very tragic day to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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