I watched that with my then 2 yr old son. And thought it was just some old news clip, till they replayed it a hundred times - you know how you aren't always paying attentiion when there's a 2 yr old around.

I felt awful for that. for not knowing what I'd seen, for the people on the challenger, and for not sheilding my tot form that horror.

All I could think was how awful for McAuliff's class. Oh those poor little kids....

I get why she did it though. It's the coolest thing in the world. If there's anything worth risking your life for, it's space.

I'll never forget the Challenger...my BIL called and said, "The Challenger just exploded..." I said, "Yeah, right." He said, "No, really, turn on the TV." I hated watching Christa McAuliffe's mom as she watched her daughter's spaceship fall from space...horrible.
I also remember the Wednesday before...I was taking a class on New Thought...my instructor was an astrologer...he said as class was ending, "Watch the news over the next week...there's going to be a major airplane accident of some kind." Weird...