JDG wrote: > > As for myself, I was in Third Grade at the time, and > my class was one of the only ones that would not be > watching it live, as we had "Gym class" during that > time slot at the end of the day. After class, word > that the shuttle had blown up had started to > circulate, but it was hard to really believe it until > I got home and my mother immediately directed me to > the telvision where they were replaying that video in > a continuous loop. It was a truly stunning moment to > watch, and indeed, the *smell* of the cookies that my > mother was baking that day is still fresh in my mind. > My experience to this disaster was *totally* different. We had sucessfully launched Brasilsat A1 on 1985-02-08, and the launch of Brasilsat A2 was delayed because an Ariane rocket exploded, and a couple of other launchers exploded too. So, my reaction was the callous "Damn. Another rocket explosion. A2 launch will be delayed again".
Only later we had time to feel sorry for those people :-( Alberto Monteiro
