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Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:50 am to LSUTygerFan
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not sure what you mean by "detail" but, we were all brought into a meeting and instructed not to talk to media. Not to speculate on anything involving the program or the launch.
during the next few months production basically stopped.
we went from putting out a tank a month to maybe 1-2 a year.
Gotcha. That's what I was wondering. I had no idea y'all were making that many at one time.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:52 am to mikelbr
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I had no idea y'all were making that many at one time.
the goal was 2 a month and we were well on our way to achieving that.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:52 am to lsunurse
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The most heartbreaking footage is of the one of Christa's parents watching the launch and the camera catching them seeing the explosion and realizing what really happened.
I know exactly what footage you are talking about and yeah, it is horrible. I can't imagine the pain. Talk about going from one spectrum to the other...
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 7:53 am to htownjeep
Yeah def not cool at all
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 7:57 am to lsunurse
Yes it was very awkward as you could tell everyone knew what just happened but it was like they just froze in shock.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:58 am to stout
I will never forget It. I was about 12 or 13 and was sick from school that day so watched on TV at home. My sister was also born that day in 1986.
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"?
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 8:03 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:59 am to tgrbaitn08
Yeah at first it looks like people were cheering in the footage. They had no idea what really happened until several moments later.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:00 am to tgrbaitn08
it was kind of weird. we had a group of about 15 people watching on our monitor. it took a few seconds for it to register. everyone knew it didn't look normal but, no one was really sure why it looked different.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:02 am to LSUTygerFan
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the goal was 2 a month and we were well on our way to achieving that.
Was there even nearly a demand for that many external tanks? A launch was still such a big deal then. Maybe 2 a year if that. Why'd they order so many?
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:04 am to mikelbr
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Why'd they order so many?
the plan was to make the launches a lot more frequent. Knowing the ISS was going to be a reality.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:06 am to LSUTygerFan
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the plan was to make the launches a lot more frequent. Knowing the ISS was going to be a reality.
Word. God damned light freeze in Florida fricked everything up from killing astronauts to economy in S. Louisiana.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:06 am to lsunurse
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The most heartbreaking footage is of the one of Christa's parents watching the launch and the camera catching them seeing the explosion and realizing what really happened.
That image is seared in my mind along with the rest of the event. I thought it was immoral to keep the camera on them as long as they did.
Twenty years earlier we had lost the Apollo 1 crew in the fire at Cape Canaveral.
Sad times at NASA
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:09 am to LSUTygerFan
I was a sophomore, and we were watching it in class. Pretty stunning to see that unfold, to say the least.
Later on, the world would learn the value of good O-rings.
Later on, the world would learn the value of good O-rings.
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 8:10 am to mikelbr
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A launch was still such a big deal then. Maybe 2 a year if that. Why'd they order so many?
There were 9 STS missions in 1985 alone. The year before the tragedy.
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