This was tragic and I watched it on tv. Could not believe what was happening to be honest. Being a misty eyed 21 tear old I could not reconcile what I was witnessing live on television.
Actually I did watch that STD. I was four and watched it on telly in Bucksburn, Aberdeen on black and white telly with James Burke I think. Having said that the Lunar Landings were a con and never happened. I've also witnessed my teams two magnificent trophies in Europe. You can't even say that you have seen one from Smelltic
Ian Porterfield RIP. Had the unenviable task of following in Fergies footsteps. Considering the massive influx of money that Rangers suddenly had plus English teams banned from Europe he actually did a good job.
It was tragic indeed. As everyone knows disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The worst thing is NASA managers had known that contractor Morton Thiokol's design of the SRBs contained a potentially catastrophic flaw in the O-rings since 1977, but they failed to address it properly.
I was in my last year of college at the time of the Challenger disaster. When I arrived at class the following day, some sicko had already created a simulation on a Commodore 64.
