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(940 posts) Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:29 PM Tuesday

Link to Wikipedia on the OLD disaster (Challenger)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

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I witnessed it happen in person. Tommy Carcetti Tuesday #1

Watched it explode from my front yard. As if the explosion wasn't awful enough, the Y-shaped allegorical oracle Tuesday #4

I remember that as well. Tommy Carcetti Tuesday #6

Our 2nd grade class watched it happen on live tv berniesandersmittens Tuesday #5

One of my coworkers told me it exploded nitpicked Tuesday #2

My mom and I were eating lunch at a joint called the Bar-Q when it came on the TV. LeftInTX Tuesday #3

I was a 6th grade science teacher TexasBushwhacker Tuesday #7

Tommy Carcetti

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1. I witnessed it happen in person.

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:32 PM

Tuesday

We initially thought it was a normal launch until we got back in our car and heard over the radio that it had exploded.

allegorical oracle

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4. Watched it explode from my front yard. As if the explosion wasn't awful enough, the Y-shaped

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:29 PM

Tuesday

smoky trail remained up in the cold, clear blue sky all damned day. It just slowly wafted along with the breezes to remind us no matter where we went.

Tommy Carcetti

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6. I remember that as well.

Reply to allegorical oracle (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:58 PM

Tuesday

My family was on vacation and driving up through Florida.

I remember we were driving through Jacksonville about 2-3 hours after the explosion and could still see the residual Y-shaped contrail from over 100 miles away.