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Post by Moose on Feb 9, 2017 2:17:28 GMT
For some reason or other I found myself on a website reading about this yesterday, which also included live footage of what actually happened. I was about eleven at the time and did not really understand what had happened, other than that some rocket had tried to go somewhere, failed, and seven people had died (there were some rather bad taste jokes that went around about that too, which I gleefully repeated even though none of us had the faintest idea what they actually meant).
For those who remember the disaster, especially Americans, what do you recall about it? Were you watching it live? Did you realise instantly what had happened? (oddly enough the ground controller seemed to remain really very calm even after the explosion ...)
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Post by JoeP on Feb 9, 2017 9:37:20 GMT
I remember the jokes.
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Post by tangent on Feb 9, 2017 10:08:15 GMT
I remember the event but not the jokes.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 9, 2017 10:58:42 GMT
I don't remember it at all.
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Post by jayme on Feb 10, 2017 13:25:51 GMT
I watched it on live tv in the school cafeteria. It was shocking with a dose of blerghhh in the pit of my stomach. And I remember one of the jokes. Not at all funny.
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Post by Moose on Feb 10, 2017 19:24:49 GMT
No they weren't .. I simply didn't get them at the time though . Must have been terrifying to watch live. Did you immediately realise what had happened?
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Post by jayme on Feb 10, 2017 22:21:25 GMT
Yes, because there was a space shuttle going up, then there was an explosion, then it dropped into the sea, right in front of my eyes. I was stunned, and I knew I had just watched people die.
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Post by Moose on Feb 10, 2017 23:50:48 GMT
It was speculated afterwards that the crew might have survived had they had a parachute.
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