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Buck Galaxy — (archived)

It was a very emotional tragedy for me and many others. Teacher Christie McAuliffe's death was particularly tragic. The public really got to know her before the flight and she was supposed to be the one who proved space could be for anyone, not just astronauts. Obviously it didn't work out that way.

The news showed the faces of her parents over and over again as they watched Challenger explode. The young children in her classroom had watched and cheered as the shuttle blasted off only to fall silent moments later as they slowly began to realize what they were seeing. The news reports about it were absolutely heart-wrenching.

It makes one wonder about why so many people feel so much emotion when people die in space, verses dieing in plane crashes or other accidents. I think the answer is we are all explorers in our souls and we feel the loss of these heros more deeply because of it.

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