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Challenger 21st anniversary
Stu
post Jan 28 2007, 09:57 AM
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Hard to believe, I know, but today is the 21st anniversary of the loss of Challenger. I'm sure many people here have their own memories of that awful, awful day. Mine are up on my blog here... too long to post here.


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- Stu   Challenger 21st anniversary   Jan 28 2007, 09:57 AM
- - nprev   21 years...wow, how time flies. I was home on mid...   Jan 28 2007, 10:19 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Wow that title sure makes me feel old. I was goin...   Jan 28 2007, 04:04 PM
- - dvandorn   I was at work in downtown Chicago that morning. A...   Jan 28 2007, 05:41 PM
- - tasp   Dan Rather interupted The Price is Right (I lived ...   Jan 28 2007, 06:37 PM
- - Jim from NSF.com   I was at the Pentagon supporting the DOD STS User...   Jan 28 2007, 07:12 PM
- - nprev   ...jeez, Jim, what a place to be at that moment. I...   Jan 28 2007, 07:15 PM
- - Jim from NSF.com   That was way before EELV's. What happened fro...   Jan 28 2007, 07:40 PM
- - nprev   My bad. Still, those were truly Herculanean tasks ...   Jan 28 2007, 07:45 PM
|- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 28 2007, 02:45 PM) My ...   Jan 29 2007, 01:36 PM
- - angel1801   I was in the 11th grade at school but I do remembe...   Jan 29 2007, 08:28 AM
|- - ustrax   I was 11 and had received a month before, by Chris...   Jan 29 2007, 11:06 AM
|- - jamescanvin   Wow, real interesting to hear your stories. QUOTE...   Jan 29 2007, 11:47 PM
- - Alan Stern   I was a 28-yr old aero engineer at the University ...   Jan 29 2007, 01:44 PM
- - climber   Incredible to see here, this "mix" of ve...   Jan 29 2007, 01:58 PM
- - nprev   Wow, Alan...didn't know you knew the crew...th...   Jan 29 2007, 05:51 PM
- - Alan Stern   It was tough. El, Dick, and Ron had all offered to...   Jan 30 2007, 01:45 AM
- - elakdawalla   I was 11 and in 6th grade, in English class, in Da...   Jan 30 2007, 03:14 AM
- - nprev   Not easy, and tragic, Emily; at least the event gu...   Jan 30 2007, 04:43 AM
- - edstrick   I was lying in bed, ready to go to sleep after the...   Jan 30 2007, 11:44 AM
- - Stu   I felt the loss of Challenger particularly badly b...   Jan 30 2007, 02:10 PM
|- - dvandorn   One other strong recollection I have of that day -...   Jan 30 2007, 08:54 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 30 2007, 08:54 PM) ...   Feb 1 2007, 12:01 AM
- - Pertinax   I was 10 (5th grade) and disappointed that I was g...   Jan 30 2007, 04:59 PM
- - MizarKey   I had to work that morning at a drugstore in L.A. ...   Jan 30 2007, 06:09 PM
- - Jim from NSF.com   ASCAN (one s)   Jan 31 2007, 11:52 PM

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