Friday, January 27, 2006
So, where were you?
What were you doing?
Twenty years ago today, the shuttle Challenger blew up after take-off.
Talk about defining moments for a generation.
The generation previous got the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Two generations before that was Pearl Harbor.
The latest generation gets to ask each other, fifteen and a half years from now, "Where were you when The World Trade Center was attacked?"
It's not a seemly day for ranting about the bureacratization of space exploration. But I will say that I am glad that the private space industry attempts are finally showing signs of growing.
posted by Kate @
1/27/2006 10:30:00 AM
3 Comments:
3 Comments:
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At 1/27/2006 07:01:00 PM,
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At 1/28/2006 04:25:00 PM,
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At 1/28/2006 07:10:00 PM,
said…I honestly do not remember if I saw it happen live on TV, but I remember being at home with my dad, who was off that day for some odd reason, and crying over what happened. I only 7 years old.
My daughter won't remember 9/11, she was only a year old at the time, but I will tell her if she asks how we found out what happened.
I remember watching that terrible footage over and over again on the TV in the dorm common room. Why did they keep having to repeat it?
I am not sure for me that it was a defining moment for me. (I am not American, though).
But I still remember getting drunk with my friend Paul the day Charles and Diana got married and listening to the Ramones over and over to drown out the pain.