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re: Large chunk of Space Shuttle Challenger discovered off Florida coast…
Posted on 11/10/22 at 7:09 pm to MizunoDude
Posted on 11/10/22 at 7:09 pm to MizunoDude
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Was standing in front an external tank at Margin Marietta in Michoud watching with my coworkers on the monitors. Many tears shed and jobs lost, including mine.
You probably knew my uncle, Marion LaNasa. He recently retired after finishing his entire career with Martin Marietta. I didn’t know you worked there.
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Posted on 11/10/22 at 7:33 pm to Spankum
quote:36, but, whatever.
Good god, I can’t believe that has been 40 years….
Posted on 11/10/22 at 7:40 pm to Shexter
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People used to make jokes about the Challenger Space Shuttle,but they never landed...
"Next thing I know, Ronnie Garvin's face is going up like the Challenger!"
Posted on 11/10/22 at 8:29 pm to molsusports
The one I remember. What does NASA stand for?
Need
Another
Seven
Astronauts
Need
Another
Seven
Astronauts
Posted on 11/10/22 at 8:39 pm to Chucktown_Badger
NASA=Need Another Seven Astronauts
I recall thinking back then as a kid how funny this was. It’s good to grow up.
I recall thinking back then as a kid how funny this was. It’s good to grow up.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 9:33 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
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"Next thing I know, Ronnie Garvin's face is going up like the Challenger!"
Jimmy!
Posted on 11/10/22 at 9:38 pm to RollTide1987
That display at KSC with the Challenger fuselage and Columbia cockpit windows is really one that hits you in the gut. I didn’t realize they were there until we saw them.
On the flip side, when they raise the video screen and reveal Atlantis? Goosebumps, awe inspiring.
On the flip side, when they raise the video screen and reveal Atlantis? Goosebumps, awe inspiring.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 9:44 pm to JustDooIt
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I stepped outside of a store in Orlando on that cold, clear morning..One could see it from the 50 or so miles away... believe what you want..
I was outside Homestead Sr. High School in south Florida in the student smoking area. From that part of the state, all you could see on a daytime launch was the vapor trail. When we saw the trail split, we were all saying how cool it was to see the booster engine separate. None of us had seen that before. We were wrong.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 10:03 pm to RollTide1987
I was in first grade. I don't think it was the first shuttle launch I had seen, but definitely the first I remember well.
We were in class and they had rolled the TV in on the cart for us to watch. Almost every grade was watching cause of the teacher on board.
Sad day.
We were in class and they had rolled the TV in on the cart for us to watch. Almost every grade was watching cause of the teacher on board.
Sad day.
This post was edited on 11/10/22 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 11/10/22 at 10:06 pm to Shexter
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People used to make jokes about the Challenger Space Shuttle,but they never landed...
Sadly, they died on impact, or if you want to believe the conspiracies, they drowned.
All survived the explosion, ride up... And down until they got to water. It's hard to think of a more terrifying way to go knowing it's a one way trip.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 11:32 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Sadly, they died on impact, or if you want to believe the conspiracies, they drowned.
Conspiracies?
Posted on 11/11/22 at 12:37 am to LSUlefty
I was in PreK and that day and it's my second oldest memory next to the world's fair.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 12:52 am to Napoleon
My mother was a finalist for teacher in space. Went through all kinds of training.
She had a news crew in her classroom watching it live.
She had a news crew in her classroom watching it live.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 1:21 am to JustDooIt
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I stepped outside of a store in Orlando on that cold, clear morning..One could see it from the 50 or so miles away... believe what you want..
I saw it from the 6th floor of an office Building on International Drive. The girl I was dating had brother who was a reporter from Boston covering the launch because of Christa and was in the VIP stands. We went over that night to visit him. His story of what it was like to view it with the families nearby, and just the somber surreal feeling of everything in Cocoa that night is still something that feels like yesterday, not 35 years ago.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 1:35 am to lz2112
I was a sophomore in HS and remember how excited the teachers at school were that one of their own was going up. The shock in the classroom when it blew up, then the tears. Sad day indeed.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 5:57 am to TigahTeeth
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No shite! I remember my 7th grade science teacher crying when it happened
Was in 9th grade science class and my teacher(Wille Butch Haynes III, yes he was black) let out a quote that I never forgot " I am serious as a heart attack and twice as deadly as cancer" when he told us that Challenger had just blown up. Never forgot that quote and that day.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 6:05 am to RollTide1987
Someone should have gone to jail for allowing the liftoff.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 6:41 am to Btrtigerfan
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I was outside Homestead Sr. High School in south Florida in the student smoking area.
I don’t know why this made me laugh.Posted on 11/11/22 at 7:14 am to TigahTeeth
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shite! I remember my 7th grade science teacher crying when it happened!!!
We’re y’all watching live because of the teacher in space thing? Can’t imagine that. I too was about 7th grade. We weren’t watching. I bet there were a lot of teachers making that slow walk to the TV or scrambling for the remote. To shite that shite off when they realized that wasn’t a standard booster separation.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 7:57 am to NYNolaguy1
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r if you want to believe the conspiracies, they drowned.
There's no way anyone survives a sudden impact like that.
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