“I remember that day and where I was. I was 7.
I remember it well also-I was 34.:-)”
I was 9. I was such a follower of the space program and used to write NASA frequently and get responses. I was stunned when this happened.
January 28th is the date the Challenger exploded and February 1 is the date of the Columbia disaster.
Hindsight but you would think they could have figured out the O ring problem ahead of time.