Author Topic: 73 Seconds After Launch (Read 1583 times)

Sandman · « **Reply #30 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:15:06 AM »

Feeling rather tender tonight, aren't we?

Yeager · « **Reply #31 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:24:18 AM »

nope. not tender....just inspired.

I know your heart is in the right place, its your mind thats all ****ed up.

Sandman · « **Reply #32 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:37:46 AM »

I thought the article was interesting.

As for my heart... I can't remember where I was on January 28, 1986 other than somewhere on the other side of the planet. I can't recall reading about it until after 6-12 hours had passed. We certainly didn't see video until months later. So... I have no shocking memories of the Challenger.

As for my mind. You'll have to take that one up with MSNBC. They wrote the article. Links to the myths page can be found in a number of places on their Challenger Anniversary page. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11062587/from/RS.1/

RTSigma · « **Reply #33 on:** January 29, 2006, 04:23:51 AM »

Can't believe it was 20 years ago...

A few years after the event, a elementary school was erected in Christa McAuliffe's honor, named after her. I attended said school from Kindergarten to 5th grade.

Truely sad.

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #34 on:** January 29, 2006, 05:09:37 AM »

nothing could be as shocking as seeing the WTC collapsing, both of them, live on the news.

thats the single most spell bound moment of my life, utter horror mixed with shamefull eyeball-glue, unable to believe what you see but unable to look away..

edit: i say this because i just watched the challenger footage again, inspired by this thread. its shocking.....but seeing that plane hit the building, and it falling down was 100 times more terrible to witness.

edit2: crap, i really didnt intend this to minimise or disrespect what we are comemorating here. thoughtless post, but im gunna leave it.

can delete it if it offends anyone me saying this.

Nilsen · « **Reply #35 on:** January 29, 2006, 07:09:56 AM »

Sad accident, but there has been so many accidents later with more loss of life and its has been 20 years. This weekend 66 people lost their life in Poland when a roof fell down on their heads.

Gh0stFT · « **Reply #36 on:** January 29, 2006, 10:58:51 AM »

Nilsen, the accident you talk about is a horrible tragedy, but it is in no way connected
to the challenger accident, sorry but it doint belong to this topic.

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Originally posted by Nilsen
Sad accident, but there has been so many accidents later with more loss of life and its has been 20 years. This weekend 66 people lost their life in Poland when a roof fell down on their heads.

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #37 on:** January 29, 2006, 11:28:46 AM »

I still know EXACTLY where I was, almost to the foot, where I was going, and what I was doing. I was driving a wrecker down Broad Street in Murfreesboro right at the intersection of Broad St. and Tennessse Blvd., going to pick up and old green Mercury that belonged to a customer and was continually breaking down. It was misting rain. I was listening to an classic rock album station and when they announced that the Challenger exploded you could actually see traffic just slow down to a crawl. I remember seeing people in their cars, with an empty look of horror and confusion. I had been a in a big hurry, I was going to fix the Merc, and then go to lunch at my favorite watering hole and have a couple beers. Patty Murray was the DJ on 103KDF that day, she could hardly get through the announcement, she later moved ot Florida and was killed in a car wreck. I picked up the old ragged Merc, took it back to the shop, and took the rest of the day off. I still have a VHS tape that has coverage from that day.

When Columbia exploded, I was at a friends house, we were having construction day to build Pinewood Derby cars for the Cub Scout pack. Those boys were devestated. A few weeks later, at the district race, one of the Cub Masters was pitching a hissy fit about the cars the boys built that were not directly from the patterns in the manual. There was a boy there who had built a car that was a great model of the Columbia. He was whining about that one too. I told him if he opened his mouth about it again I'd take him outside and personally stomp a mud puddle in his bellybutton and stomp it dry.

gear · « **Reply #38 on:** January 29, 2006, 11:50:18 AM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
Sad accident, but there has been so many accidents later with more loss of life and its has been 20 years. This weekend 66 people lost their life in Poland when a roof fell down on their heads.

Building code

Nilsen · « **Reply #39 on:** January 29, 2006, 12:12:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Gh0stFT
Nilsen, the accident you talk about is a horrible tragedy, but it is in no way connected
to the challenger accident, sorry but it doint belong to this topic.

Just putting things in perspective.

Those fellas on the spacecraft earned good money doing what they prolly have dreamed of for most of their lives, and they knew the risk. Therefore I dont understand why so many people call it a disaster etc. It is ofcourse a great loss for their families and possibly was for the space programme but thats about it for me.

gear · « **Reply #40 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:06:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
Just putting things in perspective.

Those fellas on the spacecraft earned good money doing what they prolly have dreamed of for most of their lives, and they knew the risk. Therefore I dont understand why so many people call it a disaster etc. It is ofcourse a great loss for their families and possibly was for the space programme but thats about it for me.

Well then if you want to compare it to a roof collapse in a 3rd world country. Where there was a chance for the victims to escape.
This was a tragic accident due to the fact a proven system failed in a catastrophic explosion with no chance of survival

gear · « **Reply #41 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:09:17 PM »

NASA to Recruit Suicidal Muslims for Next Shuttle Crew

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HOUSTON — NASA scientists have decided not to fix the Space Shuttle to make it safe, and instead have decided to recruit suicidal Muslims for the Shuttle crew.

“Duct tape and chicken wire were not working,” said NASA Chief Mad Scientist, Dr. Weiner von Himmler, “and we don’t want to spend any more money of the spacecraft itself. Were devoting all our money to engineers’ salaries; we have 14,000 in Florida alone, where they vote, incidentally.”

The scientist said risk of catastrophe was unavoidable in manned space flights.

“It is what we call allowable risk,” he said. “It is also known around here as a long shot, crap shoot, winger, widow maker, Hail Mary, and death wish. We have some fun with these names!

“Anyway, people forget that there are 2.5 million parts on the Shuttle that work flawlessly. Let’s get some credit for that! It’s true that you need 2.7 million parts to keep the Shuttle in the air, but 2.5 divided by 2.7 is 93%, and last I heard that was an ‘A’ in high school!

Emma Dubin

Nilsen · « **Reply #42 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:22:14 PM »

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Originally posted by gear
Well then if you want to compare it to a roof collapse in a 3rd world country. Where there was a chance for the victims to escape.
This was a tragic accident due to the fact a proven system failed in a catastrophic explosion with no chance of survival

Poland may not be rich, but third world?

Anyways. I doubt the "proven system failiure" reason is why people get so upset by a shuttle blowing up.

They were celebrities and that is why people care so much.

gear · « **Reply #43 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:26:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
Just putting things in perspective.

Those fellas on the spacecraft earned good money doing what they prolly have dreamed of for most of their lives, and they knew the risk. Therefore I dont understand why so many people call it a disaster etc. It is ofcourse a great loss for their families and possibly was for the space programme but thats about it for me.

Astronauts earn standard government salaries ranging from about $45-100,000. Not a lot for what they do.

http://www3.ccps.virginia.edu/career_prospects/briefs/A-D/Astronauts.shtml#earnings

Nilsen · « **Reply #44 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:31:04 PM »

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Not a lot for what they do.

Living their dream?