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Next, the story of Christa Mcauliffe, one of the crewmembers on board of the illfated Space Shuttle challenger. 15 seconds. 10. Robert we were in the grandstands and we were located directly behind christas parents. Lift off. Robert after the launch, everyone was yelling and very thrilled that we were seeing our colleague fly in space. The sequencing of it was such that after approximately two minutes, we are supposed to see the separation of the solid rocket boosters, two minutes and 10 seconds. And i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. And the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. And i said no, thats not right. Something is wrong. At that point, the announcer at the Kennedy Space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. In fact, ill never in my life forget those words that first came over. I

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