Remembering space shuttle Challenger 30 years later

[lovedforaday]

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[lovedforaday]

i was five when the challenger disaster happened but i have no first hand memories of it. i had afternoon kindergarten so maybe that's the reason, didn't get to see it live.

[nutmegdealer]

i am also a senior with no memory of this. don't remember hearing about at school or on the news.

[silver_apples]

Geez. I hadn't heard before that the astronauts did not die in the explosion.

I was in kindergarten, but I remember it. I saw the news that night, and there may have been an announcement over the loudspeakers at school--I can't remember if that actually happened. My brother had a poster of a space shuttle on the launch pad, and that always reminded me of the accident, which might be why it stuck with me so long.

[lovedforaday]

Did you read some the comments at Gawker? Apparently most of the Challenger crew's remains are still in the cabin, preserved inside some silo.

[redstar826]

I was in kindergarten, and I have no memories of this. But, my dad is kind of a space nerd, and I guess he called my mom crying (she was at home with me and my brother, he was at work) when he got the news.

:(

[ladycyndra]

I was nine when it happened. I remember being scared because of not knowing why it happened.

[wrestlingdog]

My mother got an application for that, because she was a teacher. Absolutely horrifying.