I’m an educated American who is 40-ish years old and knew that everyone was watching the Challenger when it happened but just assumed it was because of the space race. Was never taught about any extraneous circumstances and didn’t have any reason to look it up…TIL.
That's crazy, I am thirty and heard stories about it from when I was young. The fact a teacher was going up was a big part of why so many children watched it live. They almost planned to send up Big Bird from Sesame Street too and people often wonder how PBS would have handled that.
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u/Kyokenshin 4d ago
I’m an educated American who is 40-ish years old and knew that everyone was watching the Challenger when it happened but just assumed it was because of the space race. Was never taught about any extraneous circumstances and didn’t have any reason to look it up…TIL.