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Ryano42

(1,577 posts) Thu Jan 28, 2016, 11:46 AM Jan 2016

Onizuka, McNair, Smith, Scobee, Reznik, Jarvis and McCauliffe...

30 years on and I can still feel the emotion of that day.

I know we are all enjoying the infighting and monkey rodeos, but take a moment to remember those lost trying to reach the stars...

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Onizuka, McNair, Smith, Scobee, Reznik, Jarvis and McCauliffe... (Original Post) Ryano42 Jan 2016 OP

was living in West Palm Beach at the time.... dhill926 Jan 2016 #1

I was 14 and in 8th grade. We told after lunch/recess maryellen99 Jan 2016 #2

...and Columbia - MOMENTS BEFORE - Onboard Columbia During Re-Entry (VIDEO) Baclava Jan 2016 #3

My Late Cousin, Dale Gardner, Flew on Challenger and Discovery... Ryano42 Jan 2016 #4

dhill926

(16,337 posts)

1. was living in West Palm Beach at the time....

Reply to Ryano42 (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2016, 12:49 PM

Jan 2016

could see the aftermath of the explosion in the sky. Just awful....

maryellen99

(3,788 posts)

2. I was 14 and in 8th grade. We told after lunch/recess

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Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:27 PM

Jan 2016

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

3. ...and Columbia - MOMENTS BEFORE - Onboard Columbia During Re-Entry (VIDEO)

Reply to Ryano42 (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:58 PM

Jan 2016

They had no idea...

Ryano42

(1,577 posts)

4. My Late Cousin, Dale Gardner, Flew on Challenger and Discovery...

Reply to Ryano42 (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2016, 03:07 PM

Jan 2016

He admitted (very politely and politically) that NASA was in the midst of "Go Fever" and said the next flight would be the safest ever...he never flew again.

So sad that it happened again for essentially the same institutional reasons with Columbia.

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