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Old 07-04-2006, 10:24 AM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by ronaldo
It's kind of sad that people used to watch these things out of appreciation for mankinds achievements instead of watching it "Just in case" it explodes.

Best of luck Discovery.
I saw the first 20 or so shuttle launches at KSC when I was growing up.. The fact that the thing might blow up never crossed my mind until the Challenger blew up on take off. I'll always remember that day as I was watching out of my 7th grade history class window.
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