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Duracuir1
··Never Used A KodakDear members, this past week marked 20 years already. I kept a newspaper. Here are photos from the pages of my newspaper, in case you want to take a moment to remember our lost Heroes.
Space Shuttle Columbia Lost - 20 years ago
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mbp
·Thank you for sharing this. Cannot believe it has been 20 years.
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RI Omega Fan
·It was one of those moments where we all remember where we were. I was on a layover in some airport. The whole concourse was dead silent - literally everyone was crowded into the bars to watch it all on tv.
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JwRosenthal
·I remember where I was for the challenger- I was in English class and the principle came in and whispered something into the teachers ear and he went white. He then addressed the class and we all were shocked and sat silently- the space shuttle was such a big deal and it all felt very personal.
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TLIGuy
·I remember that day well. Thanks for sharing the memory of that day.
For anyone interested, the book "Bringing Columbia Home" is a fantastic read about the recovery and reassembly efforts after the accident to determine the cause.
The book also goes into great detail the recovery of the crews personal items including watches. Here is a picture of a recovered watch flown by Mission Specialist David Brown for a friend. The hands eerily frozen at the time the accident occurred.
CREDIT - Bringing Columbia Home by Michael Leinbach
For anyone interested, the book "Bringing Columbia Home" is a fantastic read about the recovery and reassembly efforts after the accident to determine the cause.
The book also goes into great detail the recovery of the crews personal items including watches. Here is a picture of a recovered watch flown by Mission Specialist David Brown for a friend. The hands eerily frozen at the time the accident occurred.
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Omegafanman
·I remember that day well. Thanks for sharing the memory of that day.
For anyone interested, the book "Bringing Columbia Home" is a fantastic read about the recovery and reassembly efforts after the accident to determine the cause.
The book also goes into great detail the recovery of the crews personal items including watches. Here is a picture of a recovered watch flown by Mission Specialist David Brown for a friend. The hands eerily frozen at the time the accident occurred.
CREDIT - Bringing Columbia Home by Michael Leinbach
Thanks for posting that, also to @Duracuir1
I have seen watches recovered from WW2 plane crashes. The fact that we all mark our time and in these cases peoples time is often tragically ended, makes them particularly poignant and intimate memorial objects. Remarkable that watch survived and it is now probably set like stone, welded at that moment from the heat. Humbling that people keep pushing forward with exploration despite the risks.
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Socks
·I remember that day well. Thanks for sharing the memory of that day.
For anyone interested, the book "Bringing Columbia Home" is a fantastic read about the recovery and reassembly efforts after the accident to determine the cause.
The book also goes into great detail the recovery of the crews personal items including watches. Here is a picture of a recovered watch flown by Mission Specialist David Brown for a friend. The hands eerily frozen at the time the accident occurred.
CREDIT - Bringing Columbia Home by Michael Leinbach
I haven’t read the book, but have watched a couple of documentaries on the subject. I am in awe of the flight director and capcom during the event. They are experiencing huge stress as events play out. (they, and others were aware of a possible problem prior to re-entry and their biggest fears were being realised) yet they process all the information coming in with huge courage and professionalism. I’ve worked in construction where we have had failures with safety implications but absolutely nothing compared to this. It must be a sickening, horrendous experience.
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SpeedyPhill
·When I saw the orbiter break up, I truly hoped they could have deployed the Crew Escape System but everything went too fast... RIP !
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Duracuir1
··Never Used A KodakWhen I saw the orbiter break up, I truly hoped they could have deployed the Crew Escape System but everything went too fast... RIP !
