Posted on 01/28/2006 9:20:10 AM PST by nwrep
"...The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them nor the last time we saw them -- this morning -- as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye, and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God." -- President Reagan Addresses the Nation, January 28, 1986
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So, indirectly, yes. A tiger is a tiger, I guess....
Not when you have one side calling our honorable President........a fine man of faith and integrity.......Hitler, a murderer of innocents, a racist and an evil man (and the cause of hurricanes, no less).
No. As admirable as your goals are, you can't do it when one side has no morals or values at all - and that's where we are now.
It didn't used to be this bad......but that's because those on the left have thrown off all semblance of honesty and decency. The 'viciousness' is heavily on one side and not the other.
Ping.
OK, I remembered something about him being killed during the war, somehow I had it in my mind that he died in the battle of Britain. Thanks for the info.
I was on my way to work in St. Pete when I saw it explode. I was so upset the rest of the day I probably didn't do half of my job that day. A very sad day for the US.
Peggy Noonan wrote that speech, and Reagan made it his own. It is the best speech I have ever heard.
Apollo 13 made it back.
Republicans aren't immune. The last convention here proved that as it turned into a bunch of faction fighting instead of any real discussion of issues. Some conservatives too, don't seem to like it when someone disagrees with them. Our Republican mayor here got back at everyone and everything that disagreed with him. He had the city council scared spitless at times (though they did stand up to him at times too). One big difference is the degree. With some liberals it's fanatical. With some conservatives at least you can find something to agree on lots of times.
I realize that there are people (lots maybe)beyond working with, but I'm talking about the average Joe Schmo who's just trying to do the best he can in life. I do think a lot of us can work together and do the best we can to improve our own little corner of the world. It's my goal to do just that.
"...Also there were Russians who died in flight. Sigh...."
Vladimir Komarov - Soyuz 1
Georgi T. dobrovolski - Soyuz 11
Vladislav Volkov - soyuz 11
Viktor Patsayev - Soyuz 11
There's a picture of STS-51L's flight director that seemed to sum up the entire NASA mood that say. I forget his name but he is shown sitting ramrod straight in his chair with a monitor behind him showing Cahllenger's demise. The FD looked absolutely gutshot. He had a "what the hell just happened" look. The day started with so much promise and ended with the second worst day in NASA's histoy following Apollo 1. Geesh, 20 years. It seems like it just happened. I just hope and pray that we get through the remainder of the shuttle flights without incident. That would be a fitting tribute to the crews of STS-51L and STS-107.
I will never forget that day. Tears and prayers for all of them. It's difficult to believe it's been 20 years.
True, But the man had the delivery down.
Well said.
Excellent commentary on what exactly transpired with the O-ring problem and how it sealed the fate of that awful day.
Re: command module in my previous post...Oops! NOT command module, but in the Shuttle. (sorry)
Sometimes, when I think about Challenger, just like when I think about 911, I get weepy.
911 was the first time I ever cried with rage.
Challenger was the first time I got choked up over the death of people I didnt know.
GOD SPEED..RIP>>>>ALL THE HEROS...
There was an article on MSNBC.com today claiming that the three networks actually did cover the launch, but broke away moments after liftoff in order to go back to regular programming, only coming back on the air a few minutes later when they realized what had happened. Those goes against everything I've ever heard and read, which says that CNN was the only TV news organization carrying any part of it live before the explosion. Since you've got the tape, can I ask: Did CBS News air anything at all pre-explosion?
(I know this is nitpicking, but I'm a news perfeshunul.)
I remember that day...I was working at SHOWTIME/THE MOVIE CHANNEL in NY...there were TV monitors throughout our office...Jay Hermann (I've never thought or said his name in the past two decades until now), looked at me and he had tears in his eyes. He told me what happened. The whole office went quiet.
And over a hundred with an on-the-ground accident back in the early days.
There were nearly five more cosmonauts to add to the list. Two were were involved in an on-pad abort. The launch vehicle was in the process of exploding under them when they managed to fire the launch escape system to pull them free of the problemed launch vehicle. Two more were involved in an in-flight abort. Their roket was going off course and headed for China. They aborted but the g loads nearly killed them. They landed safely, however.
One other had problems with reentry. The orbital module failed to jettison properly so it was pulling the reentry module nose first. The resulting heating started to seep into the spacecraft because of the lack of heat sheilding. The orbital module fianally seperated and the reentry module assumed its proper reentry attitude. But it was a close call.
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