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[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I was taking my grade 11 finals when the Columbia exploded.

Unless you are a 23 year old. You mean Challenger. Columbia was pretty sad as well but it seemed like it was way more low key than Challenger in terms of public attention and mourning.

[FanIn80]

The only thing that seemed to get any public attention about Columbia was the corresponding "UFO" sighting.

[Hack&Lube]

Columbia is actually the worse and more tragic story because that crew could very feasibly have been saved but office politics and stuffy arrogant managers (it was a woman too* - Linda Ham) who always wanted to hurry up the mission blocked all attempts by engineers to check for damage.

*Paging Jetsfan

[Thor]

Originally Posted by troutman

What does NASA stand for?

Need Another Seven Astronauts.

Sorry.

I was in grade 8, I remember that joke made the rounds either the same day or shortly thereafter.

Oh what memories.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

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[Flamesguy_SJ]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Its funny what sticks in your mind after all of these years. But I clearly remember the last words that we heard from the shuttle commander.

NASA - Go Throttle up!
Shuttle Commander - Challenger go at throttle up.

Seconds later it was over.

Funny...I thought it was:

Shuttle Commander - "OK boys, let's let her drive for a while.."

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

Just a quick note that we don't usually approve of open discussion of who has and has not been suspended or banned. It's a private matter between posters and mods, not fodder for open discussion.

Might be a good idea to update the User Guidelines with that then.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Unless you are a 23 year old. You mean Challenger. Columbia was pretty sad as well but it seemed like it was way more low key than Challenger in terms of public attention and mourning.

Yer right