The space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center in this Jan. 28, 1986 file photo. All seven crew members (Bottom, from left to right: Ellison Onizuka, Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and Judy Resnick.) died in the explosion, which was blamed on faulty O-rings in the shuttle’s booster rockets. The disaster shattered NASA’s image and the belief that flying on a spacecraft could become as routine as airplane flight. (AP photo/Bruce Weaver)
Question: We’re not going to be getting together tomorrow, on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. So, I’ll ask this now: What were you doing when the Challenger exploded?
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