My class combined with another 5th grade class to watch the launch.

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Sep 21, 2020
8:09:42am

Jeffacka Truly Addicted User

We ran to the window to see if we could see the explosion. We were so dumb.

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Jeffacka

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The Challenger Shuttle Documentary on Netflix is flat out amazing.

ordinary tri guy

9/21/20 7:31am

My dad worked for Morton Thiokol at the time. The company in Utah that manufactured

BYU '80

9/21/20 7:34am

I 100% feel they did. NASA was CTA from the Government.

ordinary tri guy

9/21/20 7:35am

Interesting that the stories are still around

BYU '80

9/21/20 7:59am

I work here now (Northrop Grumman now) and yes we hear the story a LOT. Lessons

rggee

9/21/20 7:36am

I remember that they were filing us into a classroom as the Shuttle was taking off...

Coug

9/21/20 7:50am

I was just a 10th grade kid in German class

Belboz

9/21/20 8:00am

I was in German as well...Student Teacher teaching...Real teacher came running

Xenon

9/21/20 9:21am

I hadn’t heard they found the cockpit with remains.

BW84

9/21/20 7:56am

I read that they are confident that most of them survived until impact into the

kd_coug

9/21/20 8:08am

Somehow that is even more tragic to me. Dying in an instant is one thing- but knowing for

thaws

9/21/20 9:02am

IDK this either...I'm going to look more into it all. I wonder what would keep

ordinary tri guy

9/21/20 10:27am

I don't believe the space shuttle had a launch abort/escape system

rggee

9/21/20 10:40am

Link

rggee

9/21/20 10:42am

My class combined with another 5th grade class to watch the launch.

Jeffacka

9/21/20 8:09am

I was a senior in high school and worked in the library. Several teachers came

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