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TomTurkey
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Yep. That allowed the escaping gas that formed the "torch"

Posted: 01/28/2026 at 10:36 AM ET
(In response to this post by ColoVT82)

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Challenger....sigh. engineers had it right.
ColoVT82 • 01/28/26 08:24 AM ET
When you go from "prove that this will be safe" ...
Beerman • 01/28/26 11:29 AM ET
We had managers like that. As engineers, we said, uh, no!
TomTurkey • 01/28/26 02:32 PM ET
Yup, my org fights that constantly in aviation
Nova Hokie 95 • 01/28/26 01:09 PM ET
We were in a class on fatigue/brittle fracture of steel
TomTurkey • 01/28/26 10:19 AM ET
And a synthetic rubber O ring that had degraded elasticity **
ColoVT82 • 01/28/26 10:31 AM ET
Yep. That allowed the escaping gas that formed the "torch"** ◄
TomTurkey • 01/28/26 10:36 AM ET
I lived in Satellite Beach Florida, was home sick and watched the launch
kjhokie • 01/28/26 10:02 AM ET
I watched it from my high school parking lot in Altamonte Springs, FL**
OrlandoHokie • 01/28/26 10:50 AM ET
Got back from class Soph year, my old roommate, now head RA was telling
RhinoVT • 01/28/26 09:00 AM ET
I was in Lee watching news coverage as well. Just awful **
KeithHokie89 • 01/28/26 11:41 AM ET
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Pritchard was quiet when Anna Kournikova was playing tennis on TV**
ValveHokie • 01/28/26 11:21 AM ET
One of my few memories of 1st grade. I got off the public school bus
BG Hokie • 01/28/26 10:26 AM ET
I was in the Crystal city underground, up by passage under Rt1 to marriot.
ColoVT82 • 01/28/26 09:18 AM ET
CC underground was the coolest thing when I was a kid
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 09:25 AM ET
Hard to believe it's gone**
ColoVT82 • 01/28/26 10:32 AM ET
Really? I had no idea**
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 10:33 AM ET
Almost all businesses gone. Street facing stuff is still there **
ColoVT82 • 01/28/26 10:34 AM ET
I can remember standing in the lunch line hearing about it**
HokieDan95 • 01/28/26 08:53 AM ET
Same - junior high - watched the news coverage in the library**
HokieMacDaddy • 01/28/26 09:04 AM ET
Saw it happen live in my HS Physics class
MAHokie69 • 01/28/26 09:06 AM ET
I remember us being in a cold snap similar to this one on the East
Tuckahokie • 01/28/26 08:37 AM ET
School was out in northern VA due to a storm
Nova Hokie 95 • 01/28/26 10:43 AM ET
Yup. School was out in Blacksburg as well. Watched it live, alone. Mom and
soldcokesatLane • 01/28/26 11:07 AM ET
Tech was in session - I watched in my dorm after returning from my 8am**
DoYouLiftHokies • 01/29/26 11:31 AM ET
Just checked...it had gotten down to 25 earlier that morning at Cape C.**
Tuckahokie • 01/28/26 08:40 AM ET