I never mentioned it on any of the other boards, but Saturday was very difficult here...Christa McAuliffe was one of my teachers, I was a junior in 1986, and remember being in the auditorium watching the whole thing.....Saturday was a huge shock.
Now, not to start a debate....but here (or maybe it's me) the Columbia tragedy was not as big of a tragedy as Challenger, is that just because we were so close to it in 86, or is it because as a society we've become used to hearing about tragic events? That's not to say we haven't given pause to what has happened, I'm just saying that in 1986 it seems like it was ALL consuming, and this time it was substantial, but regarded as an unfortunate accident.....and we all carried on. In 1986, our lives came to a screeching halt.....