Space Shuttle Challenger explosion 38 years ago today. Still remember what
I was doing when I heard the news (shoveling snow in my grandparent's driveway).
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were very strange. Several of the professors had been involved in the shuttle project and some were involved in the investigation.
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Most of the science classes watched it live, but my science class was earlier in the day. One of the kids in school who I don't think ever said a word to me before or after that day just walked up and told me about it.
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When someone came to relieve me of my 2 or 3 hour shift in the tent, they told me the shuttle had exploded.
That same cold spell that had it too cold for the O-ring in Florida had it about 10 or 15 degrees in Blacksburg.
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I remember seeing it launch and then it went in all directions, ran inside to turn on the TV...saddest thing I've been an eye witness to.
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Keep in mind in the Orlando area we are only about 60 miles away from Kennedy Space Center so on a clear day we can watch the launches even though we are an hour away. All these years later and you still get that tug at your heart just thinking about it.
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Sophomore year of HS. Geometry class.
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Ended up being a triple whammy stupid decision of politics and engineering.
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because of Christa McAuliffe being onboard. Needless to say, that special day did not go as planned. I can still feel the shock and horror that I felt in that moment. We never even considered it would be less than perfect
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That blew thru the night before. Same arctic front brought the cold air to Kennedy and caused the rubber O ring to fail. Seem to remember the launch was postponed from the day before due to some problem with securing the hatch.
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I was out making a cold call for the engineering firm I was with. Heard the news on the radio while I was driving down Virginia Beach Blvd.
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classmates. Such a weird vibe. We didn’t know what to do/say and neither did the teachers.
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You’re aged to perfection.
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And the next class was math. I remember waking into that class and other students were asking the teacher if he saw it and he just goes…there’s no survivors from what I saw. I didn’t see it of course until I got home.
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Just came back from some classes into the dorms and after getting over some
shock, immediately started wondering if picking "Aerospace Engineering" as my major was a good choice.
Of course, in my case it ultimately didn't matter as Calculus and I had many major disagreements and I ended up majoring in Marketing, got my MBA and am doing well in a more Finance related career.
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