January 28, 1986...
I showed up at a linguistics class at University, sat down, and the student next to me told me of the Challenger news. I picked up my books and went back home. Spent the day in front of the TV - CNN and the likes bring no comfort and very little information at times like this.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wagner
To: The Astronomy Connection
Sent: 2/1/2003 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Week of 18th anniversary of loss of Challenger: loss of Columbia
At 2/1/2003, you wrote:
>Geez, earlier this week I was listening to a commemoration of the 18th
>anniversary of the loss of the Challenger
January 28, 1986...
I was coming downstair at the Bear Valley Lodge for a day of skiing,
when
the front desk told me the news.