Discussion

Were you watching on TV when Challenger broke up?

I've just watched footage of the Challenger space shuttle breaking up in this documentary [0], and although I knew what happened, I've instinctively reacted like I didn't know it was going to happen. You know how they show replays of a sports person getting a nasty injury in slow motion and you react now that you're seeing it properly? Like that.

So, if I'm reacting like that, I can only imagine what it was like for people watching it live. It must have been horrible. Did you watch it happen?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGh9eg2kNgc

3 points DavidWanjiru 10 years ago 6 comments

Discussion

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton