Challenger 25 Years Later

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday January 28, 2011 @05:13AM from the burned-in-my-mind dept.

25 years ago, I peered inside through the playground window of my school. I was never particularly interested in being outside, and there was a shuttle launch on the library TV! The images of what I saw that day will stick with me forever. I didn't know what it really was I saw; I just made jokes. It's still how I deal. But I think I'm a bit wiser today, having maybe learned that the bleeding edge is sometimes literal. The technology we take for granted descends directly from the people willing to do what we never could. Thanks to the crew of Challenger, Columbia and Apollo 1.

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I Read the First Joke Within 4 Hours by Petersko · 2011-01-28 05:24 · Score: 2, Funny

It was on a Commodore 64, connected to a local BBS.

"What were the last words spoken on the shuttle? Okay, fine. Let the bitch drive."

Followed closely by:

"You hear Christa McAuliffe had dandruff? Yeah - they found her head and shoulders on the beach."
1. Re:I Read the First Joke Within 4 Hours by Locke2005 · 2011-01-28 05:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The one I heard was "Christa McAuliffe had blue eyes... one blew west, and the other blew east." Pretty bad, really. Oh, and "What's NASA stand for" Need Another Seven Astronauts!" Sigh...
  
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2. Re:I Read the First Joke Within 4 Hours by multipartmixed · 2011-01-28 05:42 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hey, I *still* tell Challenger jokes. I am totally the life of every party!
  Q: What were Crista McAuliffe's last words to her hustband?
  A: Okay, honey - you water the plants, I'll feed the fish
  
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Re:Hell of a Thing by doconnor · 2011-01-28 05:43 · Score: 5, Funny

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Re:Hell of a Thing by houghi · 2011-01-28 06:11 · Score: 1, Funny

Well, better see people die then a female nipple. Right?

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Re:Too soon? by countertrolling · 2011-01-28 06:45 · Score: 4, Funny

He wouldn't be helping any if he were to stop reading the data and scream "Oh, the humanity!"
No, it would be more like, "Looks like I picked the wrong time to quit taking tranquilizers.... How 'bout another cup of coffee Johnnie"
"No thanks"

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Re:I remember... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-28 08:17 · Score: 0, Funny

Stop watching space-related things in person. You're ruining them for everyone else.