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"We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of Earth' to 'touch the face of God. ... Sometimes, when we reach for the stars, we fall short. But we must pick ourselves up again and press on despite the pain." -- President Ronald Reagan, 1986.
Thirty years on, we have been asked to place this item in Trash for Treasure to commemorate the lives lost in the tragic Challenger disaster, and to remind us that those who have passed before will always live on within those that remember them.
This HA background will be stocking until February 1st.
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Sat Jan 2, 2016 3:34am
- Sunny
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 4:42am
Thank you, Eve!
- Ivory Ebena
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 4:48am
Thanks to all involved in this awesome memorial... Once again I see why Aywas is a really awesome and special community.
- Sunny
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 4:49am
Eve, you picked just the right quote to give tribute to this. Thank you so much, sweetie!!! :)
- Eve
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 7:14am
Sunny (#41814) - My pleasure entirely <3
- Arinaya Rutherford
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 8:26am
I remember sitting in school that day, watching the launch and seeing the shuttle explode. It was a tragic event, one that changed how the launches were conducted and what we, the people, were allowed to see with them. Ironically, I later married a man whose father worked on the parts for the shuttle out of a place in Utah. He had a hard time once it came to light where the faulty O ring was manufactured, thinking it was somehow something he'd done wrong.
Let's not forget the brave man, and first woman, who set foot on that shuttle, thinking they were going to touch the stars. That was their dream, and now, it's their reality...
- FennecTECH
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 12:26pm
*bows* can we also celebrae the colombia shuttle
- Sunny
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 2:47pm
Indeed, FennecTECH (#57779) -- this is actually meant to celebrate every launch. I chose this one because it happened on my 10th birthday during school. It had a profound impact on me. I didn't learn about what had truly happened till maybe last year.
And like Celtie (#34865) said - it was also the moment that changed Nasa, the way the nation viewed the Space Program, etc.
In so many ways, Challenger impacted the lives of not just a few schoolkids - but also the lives of everyone in the WORLD in ways that maybe not everyone realizes. :)
- FennecTECH
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 2:51pm
it did not change the way i viewed the space program for i was not alive then but the cloumbia only encreased my wish to got o space
- KatieHeppelle
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Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 3:14pm
Sadly this was before my time but i always heard about it from my family and how they were always nervous whenever they watched them take off to space and hope they come back safe. I get scared of heights just walking on stairs, the courage and bravery these people have above and beyond!
Posted on: Sat Jan 2, 2016 3:38am
What a beautiful, touching tribute. Thank you to the author for making it and Aywas for hosting it.