Comments on: Challenger, in Memoriam

By: Ginger

Ginger — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:20:37 +0000

sad. Seems like yesterday. 22yrs in a flash.

By: RichC

RichC — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:23:14 +0000

Wanted to let you know that I enjoy the “one year ago” segment to you blog … and that I recall the event clearly as I was at the Cape. (sort of) My wife and I were down to Orlando that week and while she was business with her business I drove to Cocoa Beach to watch the launch. It was postponed do to the cold weather … and they launched the next day. I didn’t make it back for that fateful launch but watch the skies from Orlando. The memory is as clear as can be.

Thanks for remembering those lost in pursuit of science and exploration.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:08:08 +0000

Thanks to you both. I, too, have a hard time grasping that something so crystal clear in my memory occurred twenty years ago.

It left an indelible imprint, and I was so grateful to locate the Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51L) and Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) memorials at Arlington National Cemetary when we were in Washington, D.C. back in October 2005. It was as close to these great men and women as I had ever stood, beyond meeting Challenger Commander Dick Scobee’s widow when an elementary school was dedicated in her honor here in San Antonio, Texas, a couple years after the disaster.

By: Noah

Noah — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:56:14 +0000

I was hoping you’d write something today. Thanks for this.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:16:37 +0000

I’m still shocked that the Challenger disaster was TWENTY years ago. Time flies…

Thanks for the insightful post and sobering reflection.

God bless our explorers, past, present and future….