Remembering Challenger: January 28 1986

[zerofay32]

Where were you on Jan 28th 86. I was in school watching the launch.

Hail Challenger!

 

[jinglesassy]

i wasnt alive i wasnt even born but all hail challenger it shouldnt of challenged space that day it should of waited for repairs before challenging space :lol:

 

[Hielor]

i wasnt alive i wasnt even born but all hail challenger it shouldnt of challenged space that day it should of waited for repairs before challenging space :lol:

Not even remotely funny, or relevant, or applicable.

 

[Ark]

Wasn't alive in '86 to see it happen. Though, with the number of times I've seen the footage used in various documentaries and news clips, I might as well have been.

 

[ThatGuy]

I hadn't been born yet.

To the crew of STS-51-L
May they rest in peace.

 

[insanity]

I was still 4 months from being born, so I only witnessed it in the womb. But may the crew rest in peace

 

[Loru]

R.I.P.

 

[SiberianTiger]

It was a frightening experience those days. 1986 was the year when many things broke. R.I.P.

 

[Urwumpe]

It was a frightening experience those days. 1986 was the year when many things broke. R.I.P.

But also the year when many other things did not break.

Challenger was the most avoidable inevitable catastrophe in the spaceflight history for sure.

 

[hnsptr]

I was comming home and listened the bad news in my car radio. I immediately turned on the tv and they were already reporting.

RIP crew of challenger

 

[V8Li]

I was 1 year old. Oh, and today is my mother's biorthday... whatever that means... was I celebrating or what? :hmm:

 

[garyw]

I was 12 years old and avidly following the space programme at the time. I thought NASA was infallible so seeing this was a shock. I read as much as I could about the Challenger investigation from newspapers at the local library as the internet wasn't really around at that point and then I went off the space program for some years.

My thoughts are with the families on this difficult day.

 

[Donamy]

Not even remotely funny, or relevant, or applicable.

If you witnessed it (and I did), his/her comment could strike a nerve, but he/she didn't, so it is very remote to him/her. The same I suppose of someone witnessing the Hindenburg and see comments like " ...Oh the huge manatees !" today.

 

[Pilot7893]

I forgot that today was the day that happened.
RIP Challenger, my #1 favorite shuttle.

 

[T.Neo]

I did not witness it, but my condolences go out to the families and friends of the victims, and everyone who had to witness this terrible event.

On this day in history, 7 lives and one good vehicle were destroyed in an accident that could never have happened. Let's not make mistakes like that again.

 

[Dambuster]

RIP to the crew of Challenger.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Rest In Peace, crew of STS-51L.

May your memories live on forever in the form of Challenger Learning Centres, inspiring young people to continue your dreams.

 

[Robert van der Veeke]

Where were you on Jan 28th 86. I was in school watching the launch.

Hail Challenger!

At home, i had a day off and was watching CNN just because of the Challenger launch.

CNN was then something new on our local cable network. Cai-Westland, our local cable-provider was the first network in the Netherlands to have CNN on their network.

And CNN did live coverage of Shuttle launches, so i was actually a happy person to see another launch live on television. But when it blew up i realised that this was not what it was supposed to look, something was wrong and this was a manned spacecraft.

It took a few minutes to realise that this was not looking good and that people had died.

The rest is history.

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Rest in peace and thank you crew of STS-51L on OV-099 Challenger

 

[reekchaa]

I was 16, watching in class, and ended up doing a huge report and CGI reenactment (C-128) of all that went wrong that fateful day in my physics class. What a horrible day to witness.

Then the Columbia disaster welcomed my baby daughter's birthday.

Will be happy to see the day when private enterprise can surpass all that nasa could possibly muck up.