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Post by Tim on Jan 28, 2021 12:01:37 GMT -5
Thirty-five years ago, on January 28th, 1986, the space shuttle, Challenger, exploded, 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. Let's take a few moments to remember those brave astronauts: Francis Scobee
Michael Smith
Ellison Onizuka
Judith Resnik
Ronald McNair
Gregory Jarvis
Christa McAuliffe
They died doing what they believed in. They will never be forgotten. |
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Post by Squad 51 on Jan 28, 2021 15:16:26 GMT -5
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Post by Tim on Jan 28, 2021 19:08:43 GMT -5
Yeah, she was going to teach her lesson to her class from space.
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Post by Squad 51 on Jan 29, 2021 9:50:21 GMT -5
It's just sad and it ended the use of the Space Shuttles.
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Post by Tim on Jan 30, 2021 0:38:32 GMT -5
For a couple of years, yes.
The retirement of the shuttles didn't happen until 2011, twenty-five years later.
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Post by Squad 51 on Jan 30, 2021 9:58:12 GMT -5
Oops, messed up the dates then.  |
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Post by Tim on Jan 30, 2021 12:27:48 GMT -5
It's okay.
I'm one of the few posters here who can remember this event vividly. I was 19 when it happened.
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Post by Squad 51 on Jan 30, 2021 16:34:49 GMT -5
I think I'd seen it too since we had this big "Cosmonaut" from the USSR going on. We had to, in a way and learned all about that. |
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Post by Tim on Jan 30, 2021 18:25:26 GMT -5
The Russians have had a few loses of their own over the years in their space program.
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Post by Squad 51 on Jan 30, 2021 18:49:29 GMT -5
Yeah, I know but they were the first ones in space - with Sputnik, Gagarin, Terechkova and so on. |
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Post by Tim on Jan 31, 2021 0:25:03 GMT -5
Indeed they were.
And Gagarin was later killed in an accident.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on Jan 31, 2021 10:26:49 GMT -5
The Russians have had a few loses of their own over the years in their space program. Plus they sent animals into space, I don’t think the US ever did that. I guess they wanted to see if a living mammal could survive takeoff before they sent up humans. |
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Post by Squad 51 on Jan 31, 2021 12:27:52 GMT -5
Yeah, I had to learn that at school - by heart. It was knowledge! |
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Post by Tim on Jan 31, 2021 13:02:13 GMT -5
Like Laika the dog.
That poor animal died up there, orbiting Earth. |
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Post by Squad 51 on Jan 31, 2021 18:01:09 GMT -5
Yup, as said we had to learn these things. My background. lol |
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