Isn't it funny how we become used to extraordinary events? I think my family was glued to the telly for every rocket launch, 1000 miles away.
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Isn't it funny how we become used to extraordinary events? I think my family was glued to the telly for every rocket launch, 1000 miles away.
Yes, it is, People who move here are posting every time a rocket goes up. I think with me we get so used to seeing them go up that we do not even go outside to watch, we hear the boom and say, they sent another up, and that is as far as it goes with us.
When Challenger blew up I was in the car with my sister and we were near a causeway and I told her lets pull over and watch it go up, I wish I had never done that, we could see the capsule falling, it is a vision I can not unsee.
oh my goodness! So the one you did watch was the Challenger. You were right there. That must have been awful.
I was not at the Cape, I was 50 miles away from it, it does not go straight up, it will go up and then it takes a more southeastern angle and we were south of it which put it not far from us. It was a cold clear day and it was easy to make it out and see the capsule falling.
While watching the capsule fall I did not know they were still alive, with all the pieces falling I could not imagine them living through it, later the news said they were alive until they hit the ocean. We were listening to the radio and I will never forget the announcer's words " It looks like we have a major malfunction". I looked at my sister and said, "Do you think they had a major malfunction?". :(
Ohhhhh to witness that tragedy. Historic. Cannot unsee....
Yes, it is something that is embedded in my memory.