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Re:The result would be a catastrophe (1985) by jqm on Thursday January 28, 2016 @11:46AM (#10989254)
I saw the Challenger explosion live. I was a sophmore in High School in Florida and standing outside at lunch. Shuttle launches were a fairly regular thing and I'd seem many. But this time I could see the trails as parts fell away to earth. It wasn't like the fuel tanks the fell away usually. I was talking with a guy named Wes. He said "that doesn't look right". It didn't. After lunch there was announcement that the shuttle had exploded.

It doesn't seem that long ago really. The weird thing is.. in that same amount of time in the future I'm going to be a 75 year old man:)

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Re:The result would be a catastrophe (1985) by ck2 on Thursday January 28, 2016 @04:14PM (#10991409)
I still remember the words the announcer said just before it happened, it was that deeply etched into my brain.

go for throttle up

and whenever the news shows that Y trail plume it still makes me ill to this day

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Re:The result would be a catastrophe (1985) by JustSomeNobody on Thursday January 28, 2016 @12:15PM (#10989500)
Same. I was home sick and, as usual for a launch, went out to see it. Saw the split smoke plumes and knew it was wrong, having seen enough launches.
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