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I felt.. bad watching that breakup, it reminded me of Columbia.
by Molitor5901 2y ago
I felt.. bad watching that breakup, it reminded me of Columbia.
- xattt 2y agoI don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, but I thought this too.
- throitallaway 2y agoMeta-commentary is annoying (yes, I realize the irony.)
- Molitor5901 2y agoIt's a weird deja vu feeling of uneasiness. I can't explain it, but I think also Columbia really hit me as my generation's Challenger.
- dpifke 2y agoWhich coincidentally launched 22 years ago today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-107
- Molitor5901 2y agoSeeing it streak across the sky just reminded me of how important this is and how critically SpaceX must get it right before sending anyone up. I will never forget the trepidation of watching Bob and Doug go up and in tears when it was clear they made it.
- birdman3131 2y agoI remember being woken up by the thunder from Columbia. Lost it over the years but I used to have a photo of about 20 vans of people parked on our property doing the search for debris. Don't think they found any on our land but there was a 3 ft chunk about 5 miles down the road.
- wingspar 2y agoI remember waiting for the sonic boom, that never came…
- inglor_cz 2y agoOTOH I remembered Columbia too and I felt good knowing that Starship is being tested thoroughly without jeopardizing the crew. The space-shuttle could not fly to the orbit automatically. It had to have people on board, and the first flight, IIRC, came close to a disaster.