Challenger 25 Years Later 236
25 years ago, I peered inside through the playground window of my school. I was never particularly interested in being outside, and there was a shuttle launch on the library TV! The images of what I saw that day will stick with me forever. I didn't know what it really was I saw; I just made jokes. It's still how I deal. But I think I'm a bit wiser today, having maybe learned that the bleeding edge is sometimes literal. The technology we take for granted descends directly from the people willing to do what we never could. Thanks to the crew of Challenger,
Columbia and Apollo 1.
I Read the First Joke Within 4 Hours (Score:2, Funny)
"What were the last words spoken on the shuttle? Okay, fine. Let the bitch drive."
Followed closely by:
"You hear Christa McAuliffe had dandruff? Yeah - they found her head and shoulders on the beach."
Re:I Read the First Joke Within 4 Hours (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I Read the First Joke Within 4 Hours (Score:4, Funny)
Hey, I *still* tell Challenger jokes. I am totally the life of every party!
Q: What were Crista McAuliffe's last words to her hustband?
A: Okay, honey - you water the plants, I'll feed the fish
Re:Hell of a Thing (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Too soon? (Score:4, Funny)
He wouldn't be helping any if he were to stop reading the data and scream "Oh, the humanity!"
No, it would be more like, "Looks like I picked the wrong time to quit taking tranquilizers.... How 'bout another cup of coffee Johnnie"
"No thanks"
Re:I remember... (Score:0, Funny)
Stop watching space-related things in person. You're ruining them for everyone else.