Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:34 AM

rdking647 (2,517 posts)

27 years ago today

Christa McAuliffe (Teacher in Space)
Dick Scobee (Commander)
Mike Smith (Pilot)
Ron McNair (Mission Specialist)
Judy Resnik (Mission Specialist)
Ellison Onizuka (Mission Specialist)
Gregory Jarvis (Payload Specialist)

The explosion of the space shuttle challenger

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
27 years ago today (Original post)	rdking647	Jan 2013	OP
I was 14 and in 8th grade	maryellen99	Jan 2013	#1
Same here.	Connie_Corleone	Jan 2013	#10
4th grade, age 9	krispos42	Jan 2013	#2
Same here	Recursion	Jan 2013	#6
wow	FirstLight	Jan 2013	#3
your a mere child :)	rdking647	Jan 2013	#7
I wonder if it's like	FirstLight	Jan 2013	#9
I was working in a Social Security office in Kansas.	randome	Jan 2013	#4
I'll never forget the day.	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2013	#5
Eighth grade. The principal made an announcement over the PA during lunch. Many of us spent the rest	Brickbat	Jan 2013	#8
I was bar tending and cashiering for lunch in a private club.	davsand	Jan 2013	#11

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:41 AM

maryellen99 (714 posts)

1. I was 14 and in 8th grade

I remember we were coming back from lunch and we were told by our teacher.

Friday is the 10th anniversary of the Columbia disaster.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 11:54 AM

Connie_Corleone (9,294 posts)

10. Same here.

14 and at lunch. Some boy told me. We had science class next. Our teacher had the radio on and she was crying.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:45 AM

krispos42 (45,149 posts)

2. 4th grade, age 9

A teacher came into class, and spoke briefly with Mrs. Fontaine. Then she told us "the space shuttle just blew up".

Mrs. Fontaine then tried to tune in the classroom TV so we could see the news. I don't remember if it ever worked or not; I don't think it had an antenna on it and all we got is snow.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:52 AM

Recursion (25,513 posts)

6. Same here

Out on the playground in 4th grade; the principal called us all over and had us watch TV.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:46 AM

FirstLight (8,467 posts)

3. wow

now i feel old...I was 16, getting ready for school watching the launch...

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 11:03 AM

rdking647 (2,517 posts)

7. your a mere child :)

i had just started my trading career on the floor of the chicago mercantile exchange. I was 24

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 11:51 AM

FirstLight (8,467 posts)

9. I wonder if it's like

'our generation's' JFK moment.... :/ still, pretty sad that we have no more newer shuttles now to have a real space program.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:48 AM

randome (12,697 posts)

4. I was working in a Social Security office in Kansas.

The radio played all day over the ceiling speakers in my part of the office. I stood up to hear it better -LOL- and my boss started to talk about something and I told her what had happened. We stood side by side and listened to the rest.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:48 AM

Bluenorthwest (24,169 posts)

5. I'll never forget the day.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 11:21 AM

Brickbat (14,410 posts)

8. Eighth grade. The principal made an announcement over the PA during lunch. Many of us spent the rest

of the afternoon watching it on TV.

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 12:07 PM

davsand (12,201 posts)

11. I was bar tending and cashiering for lunch in a private club.

The bar looked out over the entire dining room, and I had the TV on behind the bar. Everybody walked in and sat down at a table facing the TV. They ate their lunch quietly while watching the news coverage. Once they were done eating they'd pay me at the bar. Almost every person that came in that day commented to me about how awful/tragic it was. Very somber, incredibly sad.

Laura

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