At that moment-disbelief, then pain. Things have been going wretchedly enough in this world-
did our hope of escape need to go too? [more]
I had been out observing with a group of fellow amateur astronomers that night (it happened at 3am NZ time), and had arrived home around 2am, and forgot completely about the reentry occuring in just one hour. I might have still been up at 6am if I'd rememebered.
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I was on the way to the Scout store to pick up some patches for my 2 boys in Cub scouts when I first heard the news on the radio. I first thought it was a replay of the Challenger story since it was so close to the anniversary of it. While in the store I heard them talk... [more]
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I was stunned, disbelieving, so extremely sad like I'd suffered a personal loss, which I had really hadn't I? I mean, the space program beongs to us all and the people involved share what they do with us so that we all benefit. [more]
I had gone to the grocery store that morning, so while the events were unfolding, I was stocking up on necessities for the week. When I returned to my car, it was a little after 10 Eastern, so I tuned in the BBC World Service on my satellite radio receiver and heard th... [more]
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