Space Shuttle Challenger

[fretless]

https://www.history.com/news/5-things-y ... e-disaster

R.I.P.

[nightflameauto]

And I thought news traveled slow in the midwest.

[primeholy]

And I thought news traveled slow in the midwest.

Lolololololololol

[sleewell]

too bad the earth is flat and none of that actually happened.

[EndTime]

First Kobe in a helicopter, now this?!!

[BroSlinger]

Our kindergarten teacher was in the final group of qualifiers for the mission.

My whole school saw it live, I think.

[TurboPablo]

I was in 8th grade and my english teacher lost her mind over it.

[crankyrayhanky]

This picture below caused quite a ruckus over at TGP a few years ago

https://cluesforum.info/search.php?keyw ... ccd59146a6

[petee]

I remember watching that in our 6th grade classroom live, contrary to the article a lot of people watch it live because of the teacher that was flying. The biggest thing about the disaster I remember was the thing was blowing up and the announcers still hadn't realized it yet. They just kept babbling away, while we were all WTF just happened?

[BroSlinger]

Icontrary to the article a lot of people watch it live because of the teacher that was flying.

I agree. It was kind of stupid part of the article that really wasn’t based on any info. Every school watched it.

[clipless bumper]

I was on a roof, building a house in Florida outside of Orlando. Of course everyone was watching it, you could HEAR it launching.

The fireball/cloud stayed orange for what seemed like 10 or 20 minutes. It was rather devasting to experience firsthand.

[itchyfingers]

I also remember watching it "live", even on the west coast. I can't imagine the nuns would have brought the entire student body together to have us watch that if they knew it already exploded...

Our town instantly had a Christa McAullife Grade School.

RIP

It's one of those defining moments in history that seem to happen once every 20-25 years where everyone remembers exactly where they were; like the JFK assassination, or 9/11. When I think about it like that, I think we are nearly due for another.

[Pepi]

too bad the earth is flat and none of that actually happened.

Are you saying we never landed on the moon

[andvari7]

Sound stage in Nevada.

[VTM]

It's a moment I will never forget.

At my school they set up TVs in the gym and everyone was let out of class to watch the event. For those who were not interested, they gave us the option to go to the library and use the time as a study hall.

Of course they didn't think anyone would take that option, but a buddy and I didn't give a shit about space, NASA, the moon, or any of that nonsense. So, the two of us went to the library and all of the other students, faculty, and staff went to the gym.

That meant the librarian couldn't watch the launch and instead had to watch our sorry asses, and she was mad as hell.

I WANTED TO WATCH THAT

So I went up to her desk and asked "do you have any books on witchcraft?".

bwahahahahaha-olololololol