3 years ago...

[simba928]

Today was the 3rd anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. I was lucky enough to see it launch. The whole time my dad kept saying "You are watching an important part of history right now." We all know that Columbia and her crew are part of history for a completely different reason now. In memory of:

Rick Husband
Willie McCool
Mike Anderson
David Brown
Ilan Ramon
Kalpana Chawla
Laurel Clark

They are an important part of history, this country, and the world. Lets just hope that NASA learns from their and the astronauts aboard Challenger and Apollo as well as their families sacrifices.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Has it really been three years gone by? The Columbia disaster didn't have quite the impact on me as Challenger did.

 

[golfgal]

The funny thing is that all three of the Space program disasters, Apollo I, Columbia and Challenger all took place within a few days of each other, separate years of course.

 

[simba928]

The funny thing is that all three of the Space program disasters, Apollo I, Columbia and Challenger all took place within a few days of each other, separate years of course.

Yep...Apollo was Jan. 26, Challenger was Jan. 27 1986, and Columbia was Feb. 2003. Another thing I found was kind of strange was that 16 was a big number in Columbia. launched on Jan 16 for a 16 day mission. It disintegrated 16 minutes from landing. There were 7 crew members (1+6=7). There were a couple other things, cut I can't remeber what they are exactly.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Very sad anniversary.

 

[Sparx]

wow. three years. Feels like yesterday. I was 11. I was laying in bed watching tv when my uncle came in with the phone. my mom was on it and she said to turn it to the news. when I did, we both sat it stunned silence watching it tear apart. It was horrible. I knew we were watching it with hundreds of thousands of other people, but it felt like the world kindof went away. It was terrifiying.

 

[golfgal]

Yep...Apollo was Jan. 26, Challenger was Jan. 27 1986, and Columbia was Feb. 2003. Another thing I found was kind of strange was that 16 was a big number in Columbia. launched on Jan 16 for a 16 day mission. It disintegrated 16 minutes from landing. There were 7 crew members (1+6=7). There were a couple other things, cut I can't remeber what they are exactly.

Just a minor correction, Apollo was Jan 27th (the day my sister was born), Challenger was Jan 28th.