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29 years ago today: Space Shuttle Challenger exploded
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:29 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:29 am
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Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:29 am to LSUTygerFan
A sad day.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:31 am to LSUTygerFan
Did you work for shuttle program in some capacity?
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:31 am to LSUTygerFan
You couldn't sell T-shirts with a different space shuttle on them?
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:33 am to LSUTygerFan
I was 6 but I still remember it pretty clearly.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:33 am to LSUTygerFan
I was 7 and remember we watched it on tv in our classroom....along with pretty much every other classroom in the U.S.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:46 am to LSUTygerFan
My mom has always told me her and I were in a Sears and she happened to be near the TVs when this happened. I was 1.5.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:46 am to LSUTygerFan
I was in 2nd grade class watching it. Never forget that thing blowing up or the terrible feeling we all got immediately afterwards. Bad deal.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:48 am to LSUTygerFan
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I watched my job disappear
Years after the tragedy, I ended up becoming friends with one of the widows and actually rented her house for a brief time in the mid 90's. She put on a nice facade but she was sort of lost in it all even that long after. And their kids were so troubled and had so many questions about their Daddy.
I'm sorry you lost your job that day, but so many others had it way worse. It still makes grown men cry when the subject comes up. I've lived in the same neighborhood as a lot of engineers that worked that program and it's not something they like to discuss.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:49 am to LSUTygerFan
I was in 2nd grade. I still remember our teacher telling us what happened.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:53 am to LSUTygerFan
I was 10 and remember like it was yesterday. Sad day for sure.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:54 am to LSUTygerFan
I remember watching this on tv in school. I was 6 and still remember it fairly clearly. Truly a sad day.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:59 am to LSUTygerFan
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I watched my job disappear in the sky over the Atlantic ocean.
really? a shuttle full of people explodes in the sky and the first thing you think of is "i just lost my job"?
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Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:09 am to LSUTygerFan
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watched my job disappear in the sky over the Atlantic ocean.
So sorry you lost your job. If only those people's lives weren't lost on the shuttle, maybe they could make it up to you.
Have you contacted the family of the deceased? Maybe they can help you out with your loss.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:10 am to LSUTygerFan
I heard about it leaving class from the EE Building and walking over to Hatcher Cafeteria for lunch. Even the atmosphere in a college dining hall was different that day - less kidding around and loud talking.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:11 am to LSUTygerFan
I wasn't even alive. Feel old?
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:11 am to LSUTygerFan
I saw it go down in my kindergarten class. 
A couple of weeks ago I was going through some old stuff from my parent's house and found a Challenger fridge magnet from when I was a kid.
A couple of weeks ago I was going through some old stuff from my parent's house and found a Challenger fridge magnet from when I was a kid.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:16 am to LSUTygerFan
What is even more horrifying is that the astronaut's cabin remained intact after the explosion. They were all believed to be alive when they hit the water. The best anyone can hope for is that they were unconscious due to the cabin depressurizing.
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Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:26 am to LSUTygerFan
I wasn't alive, but I was in high school for the Challenger. I remember seeing that there supposed to be a sonic boom as it would pass over where I lived. I had a baseball game that day and commented that I never heard the boom. Went home and saw on the news that it never made it past Texas. Couldn't imagine being involved with the project in general.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:27 am to LSUTygerFan
Can't believe that was 29 years ago. I was in seventh grade at the time.
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