January 28, 1986

[GoWyo]

I was in college in a class with 350 students. The professor stopped class so we could either discuss, leave, or sit there with a shocked face. I stayed. Tragedies like this didn't happen much in those days.

I know I was at the university at that time, but I don't recall whether I was in class or had just walked back to the dorm from class when I found out it blew up.

 

[TCRanch]

College? 1986?
Dang, I'm feeling like a spring chicken

Graduated from Wichita State University in 1987. I may not act my age but yup, I'm that old!

 

[Mrcopier]

Been out of high school for 3 years was working out with a buddy it was on the tv at the gym

 

[kenny thomas]

Graduated from Wichita State University in 1987. I may not act my age but yup, I'm that old!

I have socks older than that.
Thats what i always told the young firefighters i was teaching.

 

[CowboyRam]

I was attending Denver Institute of Technology studying Architectural Drafting in 1986.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Very familiar!
I was coming back from a fishing trip from Galveston bay.
Little did I know a couple years later I would be getting trained on the disaster. Taken through every step of the disaster and the investigation process to find the root cause.

 

[Caustic Burno]

I was sitting in Mrs. Langston's english class, junior year of high school. We weren't watching it, but when it happened the principal announced it on the intercom.

For the Columbia disaster (2002 or 3?), I was at a 3 day auction in Nacogdoches, TX. We had been camped at a small lake west of town, and were told to leave the next morning. I didn't realize that pieces and parts had fallen around us and the authorities were securing the area.

I was penning cows that morning.
When I got back to the house Mrs. told me it exploded. I said I heard that. I just thought at the time it was one of the military guys playing out of Barksdale. It wasn't uncommon to watch them over Rayburn making practice bombing runs.

 

[TCRanch]

I have socks older than that.
Thats what i always told the young firefighters i was teaching.

Enter them in this months photo contest!

 

[chaded]

I wasn't born yet.

 

[Ouachita]

I wasn't born yet.

Young whipper snapper

 

[whisperingpinesnh]

I do remember this, although I was only 5 years old. I wanted to be an astronaut so badly, but watching this changed everything. I cried and cried. My poor Dad, who watched it with me, didn't even speak. There were no words.

 

[Lannie]

I was 29 years old, and was at work on that day. Someone had brought in a little B&W portable TV so we could watch the launch, and we saw the whole thing. Gut punch is right. We couldn't believe what we were seeing.

 

[Texas G@l]

I was sick as a dog with the flu the day of Challenger disaster. had no idea until a friend from work called .

I was outside watching the Columbia fly over . As I headed back inside, I heard the explosion.

 

[simme]

Question in my mind - have we benefitted from the space programs? Has it been a good investment of our money? There sure is some risk. Anyone here interested in going to live on Mars on that first flight?

 

[Ouachita]

Question in my mind - have we benefitted from the space programs? Has it been a good investment of our money? There sure is some risk. Anyone here interested in going to live on Mars on that first flight?

Yes, we got Tang.
No, because I fart too much. Not fun in a spacesuit