Challenger Explosion
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6th grade. The teacher next door walked in and told our class what happened.
Watched it live from home. Mom was in the kitchen. Not sure why I was home. I can't forget it blowing up. I don't think that is something that you can un-remember.
In 6th grade? Hot damn. I need to thank my parents for sending me to Catholic school more often.
Interesting, same here. Don't remember when I heard about it I do remember the following days and the inappropriate jokes kids our age repeated from high school kids.
Also 5th grade. It appears all you jerks are my age.
I was studying for an assignment in the library and the teacher pulled us into the room. I asked what was going on and she said, "Just be quiet and watch."
I was studying for an assignment in the library and the teacher pulled us into the room. I asked what was going on and she said, "Just be quiet and watch."
Remember it clearly: was home sick from school with the flu. For whatever reason, I got on the couch and watched the entire thing from the boarding process to the explosion.
It's interesting how many people actually watched it. I'm curious if many people today would seriously find a space launch worth watching.
It's interesting how many people actually watched it. I'm curious if many people today would seriously find a space launch worth watching.
I was in the printing business back then. Haven’t seen too many others.
I was arguing with my sister about something and we had the TV on at the time. We stopped arguing.
You are way older than I thought you were going to be.
6+ months from being born.
Same - home sick w/ flu. Press Your Luck was on the TV and they interrupted for the launch.
Kindergarten. I still remember walking next door to watch it with other kids in the library. They explained how the shuttle was going to shed the tank and go into space, I thought it had just separated from the tank and was behind all that smoke. I can’t remember if I asked where it went (I think I did), but I remember being ushered quietly back to class with a lot of questions. It’s my only conscious memory of Kindergarten.
I was a superintendent at a large construction project in Jupiter Florida and had sent the guys home that morning because it was too cold. I went to a department store to pay a credit card bill and was watching in the parking lot. I didn't realize what I saw was an explosion but instead thought it was just the boosters detaching. It wasn't until I went inside and was told what happened that I realized what I witnessed.
Reading this thread, I thought just the opposite but I'm one of the old guys.
You guys are old.
I was in third grade. Another teacher came in and told my teacher, who responded with, “Think about all that money wasted.” To which the other teacher replied “And think about those people.” And my teacher said again, “All that money…” I don’t know why but that exchange has stuck with me.
Side note that the crew didn’t die in the explosion. They died when the shuttle hit the water.
I was in third grade. Another teacher came in and told my teacher, who responded with, “Think about all that money wasted.” To which the other teacher replied “And think about those people.” And my teacher said again, “All that money…” I don’t know why but that exchange has stuck with me.
Side note that the crew didn’t die in the explosion. They died when the shuttle hit the water.
I hadn't heard that before. This is what I found.
2. The astronauts aboard the shuttle didn’t die instantly.
After the collapse of its fuel tank, the Challenger itself remained momentarily intact and actually continued moving upwards. Without its fuel tank and boosters beneath it, however, powerful aerodynamic forces soon pulled the orbiter apart. The pieces—including the crew cabin—reached an altitude of some 65,000 feet before falling out of the sky into the Atlantic Ocean below.It’s likely that the Challenger’s crew survived the initial breakup of the shuttle but lost consciousness due to loss of cabin pressure and probably died due to oxygen deficiency pretty quickly. But the cabin hit the water’s surface (at more than 200 mph) a full 2 minutes and 45 seconds after the shuttle broke apart, and it’s unknown whether any of the crew could have regained consciousness in the final few seconds of the fall.
5 Things You May Not Know About the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster | HISTORY
The space shuttle Challenger blew apart some 73 seconds after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board.
www.history.com
I hadn't heard that before. This is what I found.
2. The astronauts aboard the shuttle didn’t die instantly.
After the collapse of its fuel tank, the Challenger itself remained momentarily intact and actually continued moving upwards. Without its fuel tank and boosters beneath it, however, powerful aerodynamic forces soon pulled the orbiter apart. The pieces—including the crew cabin—reached an altitude of some 65,000 feet before falling out of the sky into the Atlantic Ocean below.
It’s likely that the Challenger’s crew survived the initial breakup of the shuttle but lost consciousness due to loss of cabin pressure and probably died due to oxygen deficiency pretty quickly. But the cabin hit the water’s surface (at more than 200 mph) a full 2 minutes and 45 seconds after the shuttle broke apart, and it’s unknown whether any of the crew could have regained consciousness in the final few seconds of the fall.
5 Things You May Not Know About the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster | HISTORY
The space shuttle Challenger blew apart some 73 seconds after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board.
This entire clip is worth a watch but the last two minutes there is an interview with astronaut Story Musgrave.
I did. Sitting at my family room table home sick from school, watched the entire thing.
Read Roger Boisjoly’s accounts about what Thiokol knew before the launch. Hit that topic in an engineering class at Iowa.
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