[operation clinton cleanup]

The media didn't even cover the Challenger launch until they found out it had blown up.

Actually they did, I watched the launch live on CNN.

[prisoner6]

I was working at C/W statio WEEP -AM in Pittsburgh at the time. We had CNN on TV in the newsroom. The only one watching at the time was the anchor, the rest of us were at our desks doing our usual jobs...writing stories, putting music lists together etcetera. The newsman came out of his studio looking pale and shaken and said simply, "the shuttle blew up..."

He was a prankster so we didn't believe him until he turned and walked slowly back into the news studio.

It was one of the first tiems we didn't carry the launch live.

As an aside it took only about 20 minutes for "black humor" to start.

prisoner6

[myrabach]

My son and I both watched the live launch of the Challenger and explosion. Its an event we will never forget, and now this. My heart is breaking. I have never stopped being amazed by our ventures into space. Never have I taken this forgranted... its a marvel! I'm old enough to remember Flash Gordon as part of the Saturday matinee movies.