-my wife, laurel, was on the shuttle. she was a scientist primarily involved with life sciences. one day during the mission, i was reviewing the notes, and then here s this foam issue. during launch, a large piece of foam had come off the external tank and impacted the left wing. me and my colleague had this discussion of, hey, you can use a family conference to talk to laurel and find out what she knew. -oh! -you got to remember the hat you re wearing is your flight-surgeon hat, not your family hat. it would have broken protocol for me to bring up an issue to a crew member, even though it s my wife. -i remember a certain sense of relief like, it s almost over. she s almost back. -i didn t talk to laurel about the foam issue. that conference was for iain and laurel, and i was a bystander. -i knew she was going to come back. you know, i never had a question in my mind. -given the fact that you may have lost a little bit of tile during lift-off, i m wondering
you know, we were very quiet. -in my mind, i m thinking kind of like the spaceship is like a cruise ship. there are lifeboats. surely they got on a lifeboat, you know, and, you know, somebody s just got to, like, go get them. cause, you know, i m thinking of, like, you know, all of the science-fiction movies where they get into the little pods, and they zoom away from the danger. -somehow, they have survived the crash in the ocean somewhere, and they were all out living on an island. -there was explosive crying. if you ve ever heard an animal scream in agony or it was primal. it was horrific. -and then they told us that the shuttle had broken apart.
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There was explosive crying. If youve ever heard an Animal Scream in agony or it was primal. It was horrific. And then they told us that the shuttle had broken apart. And as a 9yearold, i didnt really understand what that meant. And so, in my mind, i was like, mom, like, what does that mean . What does that mean . I was waiting for someone to explain. But then it was just. Everything just fell apart. [ Voice Breaking ] the Shuttle Wasnt coming home. Dad wasnt coming home. Sorry
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