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ST Poll: do you remember the Challenger blowing up? Were you watching in school perhaps? -- nm

Posted by Beaker (aka anniebecca) Jan 28 '13, 07:35

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was at a wall portrait conference in santa cruz, went into the bar durning a break for a cup of coffee and it was on the tube -- nm - breaking self impossed silence Jan 28, 13:26
I don't know why I was between classes, but I left one class at the time it was launching, and by the time I reached the other class, we were seeing - Max Jan 28, 09:10
Yes. French class, Freshman year of HS. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 08:43
I believe I was working at the flying school then. We had a TV in the pilots' lounge but I'm not sure we were watching. -- nm - Meg Jan 28, 08:06 3
- Thread Jack: What was Meg's Call Sign? - Mel Profit Jan 28, 08:10 2
  - Meg. Just... Meg. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 08:16 1
    - *laughing* right. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 08:30
Remember this very well.....in high school....watched tv coverage in the AV room. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 28, 08:04
We had a snow day and I was watching the takeoff live when the tragedy occurred. - David Jan 28, 07:50 1
- (I guess I was Myth #1.) -- nm - David Jan 28, 07:52
Yes and no, eating lunch in the cafeteria when it happened (nm) - Brian Jan 28, 07:48
I think I was at home having lunch before afternoon kindergarten. -- nm - Ender Jan 28, 07:47
Yes, I was home sick with the flu. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 28, 07:47 1
- (I was taking a bath and my mom knocked on the door and told me what had happened and I went and watched the news.) -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 28, 07:47
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Yep, watched it at school. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 28, 07:43
Yup, we were watching it in our English class. -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 28, 07:40
I remember vividly... - Mel Profit Jan 28, 07:40
Didn't see it live; still remember the principal coming into our class to tell us of the accident. - Will Hunting Jan 28, 07:39
Yes, yes -- nm - ceregon Jan 28, 07:38
Yes, wasn't on in school. I only remember my parents watching the news footage... I would have been a almost 8 at the time. -- nm - J-Nexus Jan 28, 07:38
Yes and yes. It caused me (at 6) to determine that I didn't want to be an astronaut anymore. -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 07:38
yes. wasn't watching it live. went to my friends with her for lunch and her dad was watching the news and told us. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 07:38
I was born nine months and one day after. -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 07:38
Not exactly. Maybe. - Beryllium Jan 28, 07:37
I was in school. Coincidentally the classroom I was in happened to have a TV and we watched the footage -- nm - decline Jan 28, 07:37
yes. yes. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 07:37
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  - the part about the crew *not* dying instantly is horrible. - Andie Jan 28, 07:58 1
    - the only solace I took from that was that they may have been unconscious. - Mel Profit Jan 28, 08:15
  - I think the point of the article is that nobody at home was watching live, but a lot of school kids may have been. -- nm - mara Jan 28, 07:58
  - We watched something in school, I assumed it was live. -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 07:47
Yes and yes. -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 07:37
yes, don't recall. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 07:36 1
- pretty sure I didn't hear about it until I got home and saw it on the news. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 07:45
yes, pretty sure, but not 100% certain -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 07:36
yes, yes. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 07:35 3
- changing my second answer. we had a half day of school and I was watching at home. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 07:40 2
  - So, you changed your answer from "yes" to "yes"? -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 07:42 1
    - no, knucklehead. I changed the second to "no". -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 07:44

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