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| Topic: 25 YEARS REMEMBERING THE CHALLENGER TRAGEDY | |
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tazzops
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  Been 25 years today that the Challenger Tragedy was in the face of the nation. This morning in Colorado Springs, The flag from the Challenger was raised above the United States Air Force Academy. The flag was found in new condition. I was at a Air Force Base In Texas, Watching this. The Joy of the launching, then the sudden shock of the explosion. Never forget that morning. |
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 semper fi |
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It is a day I shall truly never forget. Those memories are etched within my mind.
I stood watching the Challenger take off on tv in my living room excitement turned into extreme shock as I watched it disintegrated before my very eyes....  
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Edited by
tazzops
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Fri 01/28/11 08:07 AM
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It is a day I shall truly never forget. Those memories are etched within my mind. I stood watching the Challenger take off on tv in my living room excitement turned into extreme shock as I watched it disintegrated before my very eyes.... This morning at the Air Force Academy, a few members of the family members were here to watch the flag to fly over the Academy. |
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This is the crew that was on board that tragic day.....
 crewmembers. Back row (L to R): Mission Specialist, Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, Greg Jarvis and Mission Specialist, Judy Resnik. Front row (L to R): Pilot Mike Smith, Commander, Dick Scobee and Mission Specialist, Ron McNair. |
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I still remember that day
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Yes, what a horrible memory..I used to love watching them take off, no more...All I could think of was those children watching because a teacher was onboard... Specialist Judy Resnic was from Akron, just 30 miles from me...
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This is the crew that was on board that tragic day..... crewmembers. Back row (L to R): Mission Specialist, Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, Greg Jarvis and Mission Specialist, Judy Resnik. Front row (L to R): Pilot Mike Smith, Commander, Dick Scobee and Mission Specialist, Ron McNair. I was a instructor at a Base when this happen. The fact that Sharon Christa McAuliffe was a teacher on the Challenger. In a way it meant more to me. The same it did for the children that was watching their Teacher take off for Space. |
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What a sad day that was.
So hard to believe its been 25 years already.It just seems like yesterday. |
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Thank you for posting this.
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I was thinking the very same thing.
Time does move along.
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Thank you for posting this. With everything going on in the world today. Remembering some of the honorable Ladies and Gentleman that reach for the stars. Give many hope for the future. |
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I watched it happen on tv, live... Yes, sad and tragic... All over a cheap o-ring.
I remember having to explain to my kids that day about death. Not my favorite child raising memory. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/1986-challenger-explosion-12785959
For those too young to remember the broadcast that day. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/1986-challenger-explosion-12785959 For those too young to remember the broadcast that day. Thank you dear lady. I was going to try to post that. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/1986-challenger-explosion-12785959 For those too young to remember the broadcast that day. Thank you dear lady. I was going to try to post that. |
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I can remember the reports of children that were in the teachers class. Did not go back to school for many weeks.
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It was truly a sad day in history. But we have made so many achievements since then as well. And several since then has lost their lives in order for us to gain the knowledge we seek.
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Edited by
tazzops
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Fri 01/28/11 10:03 AM
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Despite budget uncertainties, NASA on Thursday announced plans to send the space shuttle Atlantis on the final mission of the U.S. program June 28, after which the famed fleet will be retired. "It is NASA's intent to fly the mission with orbiter Atlantis carrying the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station," a statement said. President Barack Obama has signed a bill authorizing NASA to conduct the third and final mission, but the U.S. space agency's budget for 2011 remains to be approved so the shuttle flight depends on congressional authorization of extra funds. The Atlantis flight would be the shuttle program's 135th and final mission to space. The shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch on February 24 and the shuttle Endeavour is set for takeoff on April 19. The U.S. program got its start when the shuttle Columbia roared into space on April 12, 1981. The shuttle Enterprise, a prototype which was never flown into space, is already a museum piece in a hangar outside Washington. The other two shuttles of the original fleet were destroyed in explosions; Columbia upon re-entry from orbit in 2003 and Challenger shortly after liftoff in 1986. Read more: http://www.leaderpost.com/technology/NASA+sets+final+space+shuttle+mission+June/4183660/story.html#ixzz1CM176VqA After all the lost life during the mission to be in space. They powers to be are cancelling the Shuttle program. |
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