[SJSAMPLE]

I can't agree.
Very few classrooms had TV, let alone cable.
By 1986, shuttle launches weren't considered events by most people.

I heard about it while eating lunch in my college cafeteria.
Many people saw the replay immediately after, but most would agree that they didn't really see it live.

[timsbella]

Watched it live. In Canada. With a few hundred people to share the moment. I remember the littlest kids best. Even they knew what happened. I think the adults took longer to figure it out.

[OXENinFLA]

I remember watching it in my classroom..

[ArrogantBustard]

I didn't see it live. I was at work. I heard it live, on the radio.

[Ro_Thunder]

My entire school had a television in EVERY CLASSROOM for this launch. I can attest that Deer Park High School in Deer Park, TX saw it, live.

[Calvin Locke]

I was at work. My boss was in my office, and a colleague popped in to tell us. I turned on the radio and started scanning
for the reports.

[Always Right]

I heard about it while eating lunch in my college cafeteria. Many people saw the replay immediately after, but most would agree that they didn't really see it live.

I was studying for a test and the TV was on. Don't recall if I actually saw it live or just saw a replay. Whether it was live or within a few minutes does not matter.