Challenger - 25 Years Later

Today marks a terrible day 25 years ago, I was in the galley in Souda Bay Crete when I heard the news... but today all I hear are the words Christa McAuliffe uttered over and over again, the first teacher in space. It seems that the other members of the crew only get minimal mention.

It was an awful thing to be sure that Christa lost her life, but we also need to remember Mission Commander Dick Scobee, Pilot Michael Smith, Mission Specialists Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair and Payload Specialist Gregory Jarvis.

I could go on and on about this, but the fact is that seven great explorers met thier fate that day, it brought tears to many eyes then and it still does now, and here we are 25 years later watching the end of the greatest spacve program on the face of the planet and letting the future rest in the hands of others. How do you think the crew of STS-51-L would react to the news of the shuttle program being ended with nothing to replace it ?

KRB