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Re: Challenger
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:17:14 GMT
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"Wayne McCaul" <wmccaul@NOSPAMattbi.com> wrote in message
news:H9HDE9.G9w@lugnet.com...
> This is interesting, can I ask what this is related to? I understand it's
> the Challenger disaster, but I can't find how it's referenced on Lugnet.

I put up a small picture of the crew in the .space sidebar yesterday, and
took it down last night.

> I remember it vividly. I was a 17 and a senior in high school. We were at
> lunch at the local pizza place and it was snowing. When we jumped back in
> the car, my friends said the shuttle had just blown up and we thought they
> were just screwing around. But they made up shut up and listen to the • radio;
> they still didn't know exactly what had happened, only that some kind of
> terrible accident had occurred.
> 
> I had to wait all day until I got to work that night to see any television
> reports. A sad day for space indeed.

Good story.  I was in 3rd grade and our whole school watched it live on TV.
After it happened I remember that our teacher had us draw what we felt.

[ j o n ]
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| Lego - http://zemi.net/lego
| Shipyard - http://zemi.net/shipyard
| Moonbase - http://www.classic-space.com/moonbase/start/
| Store - http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=jpalmer



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"Jon Palmer" <jon@zemi.net> wrote in message news:H9Hv71.C7y@lugnet.com... (...) TV. (...) Strike that, I was actually in *2nd* grade. Can't have you folks thinking I'm a year older. :-) [ j o n ] -- | Lego - (URL) Shipyard - (URL) Moonbase - (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)

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This is interesting, can I ask what this is related to? I understand it's the Challenger disaster, but I can't find how it's referenced on Lugnet. I remember it vividly. I was a 17 and a senior in high school. We were at lunch at the local pizza (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)

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