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Shaun
28-01-2011, 06:53 PM
:o I hadn't seen footage of it until today (obviously I'd heard about it)

Scary stuff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12306318
Lee.
28-01-2011, 06:54 PM
Wel well well..That makes me feel rather old! I vividly remember watching it.. I must have been 10!

And yeah,it was pretty horrendous!
Ninastar
28-01-2011, 06:58 PM
wow, that was hard to watch. I hated how it went silent it gave me chills :( So this happened on live tv right?
Lee.
28-01-2011, 07:06 PM
Yeah, it did Caitlin :(
Ninastar
28-01-2011, 07:07 PM
ugh thats horrible
Shaun
28-01-2011, 07:08 PM
What was the name of the one that happened around 2003/2004? I remember I went to the cinema to watch 'The Day After Tomorrow' and came out to hear about it...
Lee.
28-01-2011, 07:09 PM
Columbia?
Ninastar
28-01-2011, 07:13 PM
i think I remember something about that aswell
Smithy
28-01-2011, 07:14 PM
That guy was just: obviously there's been a major malfunction

:bored: no **** sherlock
Ninastar
28-01-2011, 07:15 PM
That guy was just: obviously there's been a major malfunction

:bored: no **** sherlock

well he cant exactly say "Everything's going perfect, its beautiful" can he?
Smithy
28-01-2011, 07:16 PM
well he cant exactly say "Everything's going perfect, its beautiful" can he?

no it was just the way he said it in such a monotone voice as if he didn't care
Ninastar
28-01-2011, 07:17 PM
no it was just the way he said it in such a monotone voice as if he didn't care

true, but still he cant be all like shaking and crying about it
Sticks
28-01-2011, 07:48 PM
It was also the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire this week

This is a rather poignant blog about this (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/27/apollo-1-challenger-columbia-and-those-who-sacrifice-for-the-stars/) by Dr Phil Plait
Novo
29-01-2011, 08:08 AM
well he cant exactly say "Everything's going perfect, its beautiful" can he?



" This happens all the time.. everything under control, engine at 80% "
ILoveTRW
29-01-2011, 10:53 AM
Im sure this happened in my life time, or maybe that was another rocket.
Patrick
29-01-2011, 12:17 PM
Shut The Front Door :shocked:
So let me like get this, everyone was sat watching this like :amazed: and all pleased and happy and then it just blew up? LIKE LIVE? :shocked:

Seriously? :shocked:

Like, Woah.
Patrick
29-01-2011, 12:40 PM
:shocked:
InOne
29-01-2011, 12:45 PM
:shocked:
Sticks
29-01-2011, 01:25 PM
When he said that, it was obviously a shock reaction.
lostalex
31-01-2011, 11:39 AM
Shut The Front Door :shocked:
So let me like get this, everyone was sat watching this like :amazed: and all pleased and happy and then it just blew up? LIKE LIVE? :shocked:

Seriously? :shocked:

Like, Woah.

It was being shown live in classrooms all around the country as well, because the Challenger was taking the first "teacher in space". A lot of fuss was being made about the first "teacher in space". She was going to give lessons from space. So a lot of children were actually watching it blow up live in their classrooms.

Horrible tragedy. R.I.P. Apollo I, Challenger, and Columbia.