Challenger Crew

Post by **miltie** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:07 pm

It's amazing to think this is the 20 year anniversary of the challenger tragedy.

I can cleary remember being in 4th grade and the announcement coming over the Intercom and our grade school gathering to watch this on the news.

Very sad. They will be remembered for the brave efforts,=.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060128/ap_ ... nniversary

Post by **Hmph** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:14 pm

I don't even remember this incident at all. strange huh? maybe it was the timeframe - college and moving.

but I know it is still devastating for the families involved.

other than landing on the moon, which I can only see through history books, just never paid much attention to space exploration. but I hope it helps discover ways to save the ozone and prevent complete destruction of the planet.

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:00 pm

I had just received my first AARP Newsletter in the mail.

Seriously, I do remember it clearly. It's a tragic moment that nearly the entire nation shared.

I only added "nearly", because I just found out that Tamra wasn't paying attention.

Post by **Hmph** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:12 pm

I know, it's weird. it's just one of those things that I couldn't tell you the first thing about it.

either I wasn't watching the news, too much else going on. just doesn't compute yet I remember a lot of 1986 clearly, esp. the big move across country.

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:56 pm

It's the same for me, as well. There are people you have mentioned, that have obviously lived great lives, but I would just barely recognize their names.

Post by **miltie** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:34 pm

I think for me, at the time, through a child's eyes, astronauts, space, rockets, etc. were "exciting stuff" at that age. But an incident like that took the innocent out of joy of outerspace and planets, etc. and it made a lasting impression that I'll never forget.

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:07 am

I was eleven when the first American went into space. It was really exciting and we were in competition with the Russians, too. Not long before this, we were still ducking under our desks at school, practicing in case they dropped nuclear bombs on us. I lost one of my heros when Gus Grissom, the second American to go into space, died with his crew about six years later during a test. The space program never seemed the same after that.