tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post4618790992698332464..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: ChallengerKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-49186973269855310622011-01-30T15:33:45.348-05:002011-01-30T15:33:45.348-05:00I remember vividly how I learned this news. I was...I remember vividly how I learned this news. I was in college at the time, working part time teaching gymnastics to have grocery money, etc. I had my group on the balance beam when a co-worker called me into our break room to watch the live coverage. I still can't describe how I felt. It was like losing hope and dream at the same time. I remember Christa McAuliffe's smiling face as she boarded the shuttle, and the thought of that smile, that person, being gone really hit me. You see, I was studying to be a teacher. I, like you, thought we'd one day find life on other planets, and I remember thinking, "Well, we sure won't send people into space again for a long time. NASA will be crucified for this. Seems I wasn't far off...thanks for posting a reminder to us all.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925730745204736744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-35833493913787759092011-01-29T14:34:22.179-05:002011-01-29T14:34:22.179-05:00You were a year behind me, right? I was in 9th gra...You were a year behind me, right? I was in 9th grade, so that put me in senior band. Not one of my teachers so much as mentioned it. It didn't feel like a real event until I got home. That was a really classy thing for Mr. Beach to do. Wow. (Senior Band had regular rehearsal that afternoon. The only time I ever saw Mr. Roosa allow regular rehearsal to not take place as scheduled was when Dustin died.)Kelly Sedingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-32897983350167704802011-01-29T14:15:43.397-05:002011-01-29T14:15:43.397-05:00My experience was completely different, which is w...My experience was completely different, which is weird since I feel like we both might have been in band at the same time. Maybe I was in junior high band then. <br /><br />When we all went into the band room, Mr. Beach let us know what had happened and had wheeled a TV in there so we could watch the news coverage. He was very emotional about it and that stayed with me. No band practice that day.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00475488613261923813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-31045702661389912222011-01-29T10:23:08.590-05:002011-01-29T10:23:08.590-05:00That was one day I won't forget, watching the ...That was one day I won't forget, watching the lift-off and explosion burned in my mind that this is the beginning of the end of the US space effort, I was wrong, but I never thought it had the same zest afterward. I had a snow day from school and shortly after watching it, went out to clear snow from the front of the driveway to help clear my head.<br /><br />I hate to say it, I think the commercial efforts in space will be what carries us into the next phase of space travel. And if there is no money to be made from it, it won't be done. Not what Gene Roddenberry envisioned.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390184801964500564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-46330200685728408322011-01-29T04:19:11.903-05:002011-01-29T04:19:11.903-05:00O rings. I remember them well.O rings. I remember them well.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.com