I was at work. The break room was always tuned to the launches when they occurred, and the ruckus brought several of us (whose offices were relatively close by) running. I went into instant denial and shock. A friend who came in when I called him had the biggest reaction: First was shock about the people aboard, followed immediately by dismay (too weak a word) about the impact the explosion was likely to have on the space programme.
Not much work got done that afternoon. The *real* killer for me was when the recorders indicated that the crew was *still alive* after the shuttle sank. I had hoped oh so fervently that they had died instantly; that they were still alive after the explosion, and the sea impact, horrified me then and still does now. -- #ken P-(} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millenium hand and shrimp!"
