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Challenger - 30 Years Ago Today

Started by Bick, January 28, 2016, 10:43:59 AM

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January 28, 2016, 10:43:59 AM
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

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January 28, 2016, 10:51:59 AM
That was a sad day. I was teaching sniper school in the Marines, I remember it like it was yesterday.
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January 28, 2016, 12:02:39 PM
I remember it vividly. Stayed home from school since I was sick that day. Watched the whole thing live, not really understanding what was going on. One of those childhood memories I will never shake.
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January 28, 2016, 01:02:01 PM
Quote from: duccarlos on January 28, 2016, 12:02:39 PM
I remember it vividly. Stayed home from school since I was sick that day. Watched the whole thing live, not really understanding what was going on. One of those childhood memories I will never shake.

Odd, both my brother and I stayed home sick that day as well. I remember watching the launch on TV...
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January 28, 2016, 05:47:59 PM
Quote from: duccarlos on January 28, 2016, 12:02:39 PM
I remember it vividly. Stayed home from school since I was sick that day. Watched the whole thing live, not really understanding what was going on. One of those childhood memories I will never shake.

Same here. I would have been 9 years old.

I'll never forget watching that unfold
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January 28, 2016, 06:18:15 PM
I was in 11th grade and we were in Chemistry class, but, on every launch, SCN/AFRTS would televise the launch . . . Remember as if it was ysterday
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January 28, 2016, 08:31:37 PM
I w as 22, in the Air Force,  stationed in  Germany.  We were watching  on the AFN.

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January 29, 2016, 06:22:26 AM
Quote from: duccarlos on January 28, 2016, 12:02:39 PM
I remember it vividly. Stayed home from school since I was sick that day. Watched the whole thing live, not really understanding what was going on. One of those childhood memories I will never shake.

I was sick that day too.  I was 15.  Watched the whole thing.  It's something you will never forget.

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January 29, 2016, 11:28:06 AM
I watched it live at school in social studies. I think that was 10th or 11th grade. It was kind of odd that the teacher decided that we should watch something on TV that day.
And we were saying, that's not supposed to happen is it?
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