Challenger Disaster 30 Years Ago Today... Where Were You?

[Hollyw00d]

I was in my mother's womb

[Tank]

thats two explosions.

From what i understand, they acrually survived the explosion and died on impact with the water. I believe none were conscious though

That's also what I've heard in recent years. It took them a long time to acknowledge this as we all thought the explosion itself killed them.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I was working in the Parole Board office at the intake center for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. My job was calculating initial parole consideration dates for new intakes. One of our case managers, who was quite the jokester and always had a big smile on his face, came to the office door with a very serious expression on his face. "The shuttle just exploded", he said.

[ten ocho recon scout]

That's also what I've heard in recent years. It took them a long time to acknowledge this as we all thought the explosion itself killed them.

ive seen videos where they highlight they crew compartment falling away from the debris supposedly intact. I cant say whether or not thats what it is, but thats at least whats being said.

Someone mentioned above how blase the public had become regarding the space program. Sadly its pretty true. Most remember challenger, how many really remember much about endeavor?

On a lighter note, i really, really regret never getting to see the shuttle launch or land. As a big aviation geek it would have been amazing to witness

[AngelsLongBall]

ive seen videos where they highlight they crew compartment falling away from the debris supposedly intact. I cant say whether or not thats what it is, but thats at least whats being said.

Someone mentioned above how blase the public had become regarding the space program. Sadly its pretty true. Most remember challenger, how many really remember much about endeavor?

On a lighter note, i really, really regret never getting to see the shuttle launch or land. As a big aviation geek it would have been amazing to witness

Wow, I've never heard they survived the explosion. I just figured that explosion was fatal.

I saw the first shuttle land at Edwards. My Dad was slated to go with us but got called in to work for an emergency. We never saw it land again and he too regretted it

[Amazing Larry]

Wow, I've never heard they survived the explosion. I just figured that explosion was fatal.

I saw the first shuttle land at Edwards. My Dad was slated to go with us but got called in to work for an emergency. We never saw it land again and he too regretted it

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster#Cause_and_time_of_death

"While analyzing the wreckage, investigators discovered that several electrical system switches on Pilot Mike Smith's right-hand panel had been moved from their usual launch positions. Fellow astronaut Richard Mullane wrote, "These switches were protected with lever locks that required them to be pulled outward against a spring force before they could be moved to a new position." Later tests established that neither force of the explosion nor the impact with the ocean could have moved them, indicating that Smith made the switch changes, presumably in a futile attempt to restore electrical power to the cockpit after the crew cabin detached from the rest of the orbiter."

[Hollyw00d]

4th grade for me. The kid that got sent to the office to turn in the attendance came back and said the space shuttle blew up. The teacher yelled at him and went into this ten minute long speech about "fibbing". Then the vice principal came in and told her.

Poor kid is probably a raging alcoholic now cuz of that

[Hollyw00d]

Astronauts are so f'n brave

[Jay]

I was working at Northrop in Hawthorne. Word of the accident spread like wildfire.

[NJHalo]

Astronauts are so f'n brave

I can't even ride Mission:Space at Epcot without getting sick.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Astronauts are so f'n brave

they dont get near the attention they deserve IMO.

I have a man crush on the NASA people in general, but the astronauts in particular. Not just that they fly fighter planes, and rockets into space. But theyre all dmart as hell. Hose pioneering types who designed vehicles to enter space, with mathmatics done by hand is amazing. The guys who agreed to be shot into space on a missile in something not a lot more complicated that a volkswagon, just to do it and advance science is badass.

[Kevin]

Poor kid is probably a raging alcoholic now cuz of that

Nah. Kid probably ended up in law school.

[Hollyw00d]

Even worse

[ten ocho recon scout]

A lot of times its both

[Slegnaac]

I was working at Hughes Aircraft Co.

Two of the crew members had connections to the company.

Gregory Jarvis - Payload Specialist

Ronald McNair - Mission Specialist

Very sad day

[wopphil]

I don't remember the accident. I was five. But I do remember the punky Brewster episode about it. That shit was sad.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Seems like people have become more desensitized about things like that. If it happened today i feel like it would be news for a week or two, rhen kind of forgotten about and replaced with tmz type of news

[Blarg]

Indian? Casino proprietor.

[Amazing Larry]

Indian? Casino proprietor.

And a raging alcoholic.

Obviously.

[ten ocho recon scout]

So what youre saying is he owns the liquor store, not drinks in front of it? That kind?

[Tank]

He's not a "woo woo" Indian, he's a "thank you, come again" Indian.

 

so he's a dot, not a feather.

[Tank]

Indian? Casino proprietor.

 

i'd have voted for hotel owner in norcal.

[Blarg]

He's not a "woo woo" Indian, he's a "thank you, come again" Indian.

So he is not a Native American Indian, just an American Indian, which is not to be confused with a slumdog Indian that works for Microsoft tech support. Got it.

[deepdrive]

The thing I've always remembered: "obviously a major malfunction."

 

How many people said to themselves something sarcastic after hearing that?

[wopphil]

So he is not a Native American Indian, just an American Indian, which is not to be confused with a slumdog Indian that works for Microsoft tech support. Got it.

Actually I think he meant Indian from the Middle East.