Christa McCauliffe, one of the astronauts, went to my highschool. I was shocked when I found out, although it did explain the portraits of her all over the auditorium.
Erm.
I was still 5 years from being born. I watched the clips though, would be weird to see it in reality.
I was still 5 years from being born. I watched the clips though, would be weird to see it in reality.
inane little opines
i wasn't alive, but during columbia i was sleeping.
I was in sixth grade and we were all watching in the school cafeteria. My teacher asked me to stay in the cafeteria to check on my little brother since he was pen pals with Christa McCauliffe's son.
don't really remember more than the fact it happened. I was 5 and in kindergarten.
probably taking a nap
I was -3 - olderliquidat0r wrote:
Yeah, I was -4. Though I have seen a couple of documentaries on it, sad stuff.Kmarion wrote:
Most of the forum members probably weren't even alive now that I think about it. It was 22 years ago.
I remember being called by my grandmother on 9/11, I remember Princess Diana... I don't remember any space events though...
-konfusion
chillen in my dads junk
Think I was at home, can't be 100% sure on that, but I do remember it.
I was a seven month old foetus.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
I was -6 - younger.konfusion wrote:
I was -3 - olderliquidat0r wrote:
Yeah, I was -4. Though I have seen a couple of documentaries on it, sad stuff.Kmarion wrote:
Most of the forum members probably weren't even alive now that I think about it. It was 22 years ago.
I remember being called by my grandmother on 9/11, I remember Princess Diana... I don't remember any space events though...
-konfusion
I remember 9/11, Beslan and that theatre in Moscow. But not Princess Diana.
Wasn't alive but during my life time there was spaceship crash. I remember that one because it was not too long ago, 2003. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/st … chive.html
I wasn't quite 8 so I don't remember anything specific (like where I was) but I do remember watching it over and over again on the news.
Science factoid: Challenger did not "explode." The o-ring that failed allowed a flame from the booster to impinge on the external tank. After enough time the flame burned through the outer skin of the tank, then through the inner tank holding the liquid hydrogen reactant. Upon failure of the LH2 tank a lateral thrust vector was created by the escaping hydrogen, altering the orientation of the Shuttle with respect to its direction of travel. Unfortunately, this event occurred near "max q," the region of flight where aerodynamic pressures are at their maximum. At velocities approaching Mach 2, this change in orientation caused the orbiter and external tank to experience stresses well beyond their design capabilities. They subsequently disintegrated due to these abnormal strains. They did not explode. If they had, the boosters would not have survived the event. The boosters were built more robustly than the tank and orbiter and endured the stresses caused by the misorientation and were only destroyed when the range officer activated the destruct mechanism onboard the boosters.
Science factoid: Challenger did not "explode." The o-ring that failed allowed a flame from the booster to impinge on the external tank. After enough time the flame burned through the outer skin of the tank, then through the inner tank holding the liquid hydrogen reactant. Upon failure of the LH2 tank a lateral thrust vector was created by the escaping hydrogen, altering the orientation of the Shuttle with respect to its direction of travel. Unfortunately, this event occurred near "max q," the region of flight where aerodynamic pressures are at their maximum. At velocities approaching Mach 2, this change in orientation caused the orbiter and external tank to experience stresses well beyond their design capabilities. They subsequently disintegrated due to these abnormal strains. They did not explode. If they had, the boosters would not have survived the event. The boosters were built more robustly than the tank and orbiter and endured the stresses caused by the misorientation and were only destroyed when the range officer activated the destruct mechanism onboard the boosters.
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I was in kindergarten. Can't really remember anything about it.
Inside my father's nutsack still.
subtle :rollseyes:PBAsydney wrote:
Inside my father's nutsack still.
usmarine2005 wrote:
Ditto. Watching it on those POS tv's.Kmarion wrote:
I was in elementary school (Fourth grade I think).
Malloy must go
Wasn't born yet.
EDIT:
So, where were YOU when LEGO was invented?
EDIT:
So, where were YOU when LEGO was invented?
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Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
I wasn't born.
I was a bunch of nucleic acids waiting to become a spermatozoa.
I had yet to be concieved at that point, but I do remember where I was when I heard about the Columbia accident.
Wasn't even thought of, well maybe thought of but thats about it.
Spanish class in HIGH SCHOOL. I actually remember my teacher crying after it happened....yes I am that old!!
It was the first time I can remember being in a surreal situation.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
It was bizarre for me because I had always thought of NASA as total pros. The Mars rovers restored my faith somewhat, but all the reports of bad management inside NASA give me a really bad feeling about the future of manned spaceflight in the US. It's dangerous, but no one should die because some manager told an engineer to shut up and quit worrying.