tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post6570960686892451554..comments2024-03-09T18:47:08.590-06:00Comments on Durango Texas: Up Way Before The Sun 25 Years After The Space Shuttle Challenger Blew UpDurangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10231271044296466883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-84634425746375254712011-01-28T15:15:53.016-06:002011-01-28T15:15:53.016-06:00WoolySheep, all I know for certain about how I cam...WoolySheep, all I know for certain about how I came to learn the Challenger had blown up was I was not in school when I learned of the disaster. I think probably someone called me to tell me to turn on my TV. That is what happened on 9/11. someone called to tell me to turn on my TV, turned it on just as the second plane crashed in to the second tower.<br /><br />Was the night landing you saw before 1999? As in before I moved here? Because I'd hate to think I'd missed another one. It would certainly be worth getting up in the middle of the night to see. <br /><br />I wish I'd know to come see the Shuttle land at Carswell. I did see a lot of good photos of it. I did see a Stealth Fighter flying at Carswell once. That is one scary plane.Durangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231271044296466883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-27630139535222737212011-01-28T11:14:52.069-06:002011-01-28T11:14:52.069-06:00I was in middle school when the Shuttle blew up. ...I was in middle school when the Shuttle blew up. I was in gym class when a teacher bolted through the door and just blurted it out. All of us were just floored.<br /><br />I remember seeing a night landing come over NTX too. Or more precisely a very early morning landing. I had my clock radio set to wake me up in the morning and it happened that the DJ mentioned that the shuttle was about to go over. I rushed outside in my nightgown just in time to see a white light like a shooting star go over my house. It was amazing. I also had the fun of seeing the space shuttle come in to Carswell on the back of it's transport plane. That was way cool. They moved so slow I was amazed that the thing stayed in the air. <br /><br />It's hard to believe we are not doing manned flights anymore. Hopefully once the economy comes back and the money is there we will get our folks back up there and working again.Woolysheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081381687156224381noreply@blogger.com