In rememberence of Challenger

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I was in high school at the time, an avid follower of these launches, that went off like clockwork. My Dad worked in aerospace, and brought home mission stickers and shuttle program posters. The launch schedule pushed toward monthly. TV news spent less and less time covering the shuttle - it was no longer 'new' and every launch looked the same.

On the day, everyone was stunned with disbelief that this could happen. I collected newspaper clippings that followed the progress of the Challenger investigation. It was a painful example of the risks of space launches, that did not seem to exist, until rubbed very hard in our faces.