20th Anniversary Of The Challenger Disaster

PhillyPhreak54 · January 28, 2006, 07:55:15 PM

With today being the anniversay of the Challenger blowing up, do you remember where you were when that happened?

I was in my 1st grade class at St. Ann's elementary school and we were watching it on TV when it happened.

Sgt PSN · January 28, 2006, 07:57:39 PM

I was in 4th grade at Burnside Elementary in Norristown.

Father Demon · January 28, 2006, 08:05:12 PM

Just came back from a college class, and my roommate was watching TV and laughing (he was a fleshpop). I asked what was so funny, and he said "This is so cool... you got to see this!!"

I sat and watched for about an hour, missing a class. I remember telling my roommate what an icehole he was.

MDS · January 28, 2006, 08:07:19 PM

I wasn't even sperm.

Geowhizzer · January 28, 2006, 08:48:11 PM

9th grade, going into lunch. A friend of mine told me that the space shuttle blew up, but it was one of those friends who was always telling BS stories, so I told him to shut up.

I knew it was real when I went into Mr. Platco's Space Science class. This large, bearded man was literally in tears.

Geowhizzer · January 28, 2006, 08:48:36 PM

Quote from: MDS on January 28, 2006, 08:07:19 PM
I wasn't even sperm.

Stuff it, child.

Sgt PSN · January 28, 2006, 08:53:04 PM

Quote from: MDS on January 28, 2006, 08:07:19 PM
I wasn't even sperm.

20 years later and not much has changed. Evolution is indeed a very slow process.

MDS · January 28, 2006, 08:58:03 PM

Ha. Then explain how I type things. Sperm don't have hands, dummy.

Geowhizzer · January 28, 2006, 09:01:03 PM

From the official NASA site:

Day of Remembrance

Sgt PSN · January 28, 2006, 09:08:33 PM

Quote from: MDS on January 28, 2006, 08:58:03 PM
Ha. Then explain how I type things. Sperm don't have hands, dummy.

No but they do have tails. Now get back in your pee hole.

Susquehanna Birder · January 28, 2006, 10:19:13 PM

I was in the kitchen, getting things together for the day. I was out of work, so I was "Mr. Mom." My wife was in the bedroom with our infant daughter, watching the launch. I remember her yelling, "Holy shtein! It blew up!" It took me a while to figure out what the hell she was yelling about.

SD_Eagle5 · January 28, 2006, 10:26:25 PM

What does NASA stand for? (cruel joke, I know

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MadMarchHare · January 28, 2006, 10:31:54 PM

10th grade, sitting in study hall when the news spread like wildfire. Having both parents as teachers, it hit home pretty hard with my family.

Seabiscuit36 · January 28, 2006, 10:35:33 PM

Like Phreak i was in First grade. We were in the school library as the only tv was kept in the library. I remember it blowing up and how erie it was before Ms. Janneman ran over to turn the tv off and rush us back to class. I think almost every school in america at that time was watching the launch.

MDS · January 29, 2006, 12:46:30 AM

Quote from: Sgt PSN on January 28, 2006, 09:08:33 PM
Quote from: MDS on January 28, 2006, 08:58:03 PM
Ha. Then explain how I type things. Sperm don't have hands, dummy.

No but they do have tails. Now get back in your pee hole.

You expect a sperm, which is so small millions of them can fit inside a ball, to a have a fully functioning brain that can form sentences and operate a computer?

20th Anniversary Of The Challenger Disaster

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