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The Challenger's Explosion
I remember vividly, they brought the TVs into the assembly room so we could watch. And that teacher was on board that day. When it blew up, when that happened that moment, I think everyone was stunned. Nobody really knew, including her parents. They were stunned. You see these two smoke trails, smoke trails going off. Those were the SRBs that were left still powering. There was ice all over the vehicle. Rockwell was very concerned, even though they were no longer in control of launching the bird. Lockheed was. But Rockwell was still on an advisory capacity here and out at Downey, California. Morton Thiacall people, highly, they were begging NASA not