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howitzer86 t1_ivwq9a9 wrote

Reply to comment by Kinetic_Strike in Piece of the space shuttle Challenger found by divers in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida by fredrandall

Columbia. Ooof.

I was riding in the car with my parents and realized all the flags we were passing were half-staff. Turning to the news on TV was the first thing I did when we made it home.

I watched a lot of reporting on that... but one thing I don't remember from back then is the cabin video. I don't know if they didn't have it yet, or if they chose to wait to release it, but it exists. Reentry burned the film up, so it ends before anything bad happens. It is still eerie as fuck.

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drrhrrdrr t1_ivy7k4u wrote

I heard a boom and the plates in my kitchen rattled. Looked outside and there was a streak across the southern sky that crisp winter morning...

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