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I remember my elementary school teacher walking in with tears when Challenger exploded
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:59 pm
Gen X assemble?
She rolled a TV into the room on a stand so that we could see the news. A big tube TV that probably weighed 150 lbs.
#1986
She rolled a TV into the room on a stand so that we could see the news. A big tube TV that probably weighed 150 lbs.
#1986
This post was edited on 2/4/18 at 2:02 pm
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Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:00 pm to weagle99
Back when people cared about NASA. By the end of the space shuttle they’d cut into the news for 5 minutes during the take off and landing.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:01 pm to weagle99
Worse, we were all watching it when it happened. KM, the first teacher in space...
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:01 pm to weagle99
We were watching it live in class. I was in about the 5th grade
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:06 pm to weagle99
9th grade my science teacher willie "butch" Haynes told us the Challenger just blew up. We thought he was joking then I will never forget these words:
" I am serious as a heart attack and twice as deadly as cancer!" We pulled in a tv after and watched the news.
" I am serious as a heart attack and twice as deadly as cancer!" We pulled in a tv after and watched the news.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:08 pm to weagle99
The good ole days when students would keep their mouths shut when fricking the teacher.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:09 pm to weagle99
A guy I worked with and I (we were both ME students and worked at a DIY store) went to my house for lunch to watch it. We sat in stunned silence. It was and still is surreal.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:10 pm to BigPerm30
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The good ole days when students would keep their mouths shut when fricking the teacher.
I had 2 buddies that banged a teacher in HS in 11-12th grade. She was about 22 or so and only a few of us knew. Nothing ever became of it. Shes probably still teaching and they weren't traumatized 
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:12 pm to weagle99
Watched it live at school. I was in kindergarten. We planted a rose bush as a memorial outside the playground the next month.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:14 pm to The Boat
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By the end of the space shuttle they’d cut into the news for 5 minutes during the take off and landing.
They were doing that for this mission and for the 15 previous ones prior to 51-L. People stopped giving a shite when it became "routine."
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:20 pm to weagle99
i was 10 and had surgery that morning, woke up from it and remember everyone was talking about it and its all that was on tv in my room for 2 days... very boring for a 10 year old lol
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:21 pm to weagle99
We watched it in the library which was right next to our Kindergarten class. The only think I remember is seeing the ET tank on the launchpad and the teacher turning it off immediately after it launched.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:25 pm to weagle99
Junior in HS gifted, goddamn shame that happened.
An expensive lesson in lives and money for going with the lowest bidder.
An expensive lesson in lives and money for going with the lowest bidder.
This post was edited on 2/4/18 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:34 pm to marcus3000
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An expensive lesson in lives and money for going with the lowest bidder.
The problem wasn't going with the lowest bidder. The problem was that when the lowest bidder told NASA, 'We built it to your specifications and launching in these temperatures is outside those specifications. The o-rings might not hold and you risk losing the vehicle if you insist on launching.', NASA didn't listen to the lowest bidder. Instead of listening to their supplier and scrubbing the launch until temperatures were back within spec, NASA launched anyway and killed their crew.
This post was edited on 2/4/18 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:37 pm to weagle99
I was in my high school physics class, which was during lunch period. We had just come back from the cafeteria and the teacher told us she had some bad news.
One of my classmates said “What, did the space shuttle blow up?”
He was joking. Had no idea. Wild guess.
One of my classmates said “What, did the space shuttle blow up?”
He was joking. Had no idea. Wild guess.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:41 pm to weagle99
I was in kindergarten and we were watching it live on one of those rolling carts with the big TV strapped to the top. I just remember they turned the tv off pretty quick after it happened and sent us all out to the playground.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:42 pm to TigerstuckinMS
I didn't know that; you're right.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:44 pm to marcus3000
On my way to the Baseball hall of fame. My wife said it is freezing don’t bladt off and then boom
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:53 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I remember - very sad. The 2013 movie about the investigation with William Hurt was a great movie. The bullshite and agendas Feynman had to put up with while trying to understand the true cause of failure was astounding.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:58 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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The o-rings might not hold and you risk losing the vehicle if you insist on launching.', NASA didn't listen to the lowest bidder. Instead of listening to their supplier and scrubbing the launch until temperatures were back within spec, NASA launched anyway and killed their crew.
"My God, Thiokol, when do you want me to launch, next April?”
Lawrence Mulloy should've been thrown in jail.
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