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Old 28-01-2011, 06:53 PM #1
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Default 25 years since the Challenger explosion
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
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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!
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wow, that was hard to watch. I hated how it went silent it gave me chills So this happened on live tv right?
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ugh thats horrible
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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...
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i think I remember something about that aswell
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That guy was just: obviously there's been a major malfunction

no **** sherlock
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well he cant exactly say "Everything's going perfect, its beautiful" can he?
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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
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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
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It was also the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire this week

This is a rather poignant blog about this by Dr Phil Plait
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well he cant exactly say "Everything's going perfect, its beautiful" can he?


" This happens all the time.. everything under control, engine at 80% "
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Im sure this happened in my life time, or maybe that was another rocket.
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So let me like get this, everyone was sat watching this like and all pleased and happy and then it just blew up? LIKE LIVE?

Seriously?

Like, Woah.
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When he said that, it was obviously a shock reaction.
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So let me like get this, everyone was sat watching this like and all pleased and happy and then it just blew up? LIKE LIVE?

Seriously?

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.
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