Space Shuttle Challenger disaster News coverage

[@NMarsden]

I saw somebody holding Pluto!

[@brandon23471]

Bureaucratic incompetence at its worst here.

[@LastAvailableAlias]

Back then, even as a kid, I felt that putting a teacher on the shuttle was a publicity stunt and it belittled the risks. They were pretending it was no different than hopping on a plane.

[@jamesswain2465]

Space trips were getting to be routine then

[@jamesswain2465]

Did they ever recover the crew?

[@pinino335]

Yes, about 6 weeks later.

[@747heavyboeing3]

Moronic Donaldson blaming Reagan. It happened with you at ABC.

[@jamesswain2465]

Sad day

[@paulvaughan3699]

Sponsored by 7up

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Sponsored by Pepsi. They couldn't get 7 up.

[@paulvaughan3699]

@@TVcommercials-extra-ms9tp That was the problem

[@LastAvailableAlias]

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