I remember that morning. I was watching the launch on TV as I was getting ready to go to work, and had to
head out
during a launch hold. Later that morning one of our part-time folks came in and asked if
we had heard about Challenger? I felt myself go grey and took the rest of the
day off.
Every generation has events where everybody remembers exactly
where they were. I wasn't born when Sputnik 1 was launched,
and I was a bit young to remember Kennedy. But I do remember Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Challenger, Lady Di and 9/11.
Funny that four of those events are related to space...
Side note: a shame the pictures only show the left SRB, not the right one that caused all the trouble.
...laura