Winthrop
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I was reflecting today that this marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster—an event that, in many ways, seems to have imprinted itself on the childhood memories of a lot of Gen-X. (I also realized, somewhat belatedly, that yesterday was the anniversary of Apollo 1.)
I have a very clear memory of watching the Challenger launch in class and then seeing the disaster unfold live. And yet, when I actually do the math, I know that forty years ago I was not in school at all—I was skiing.
So now I am left wondering whether anyone else has memories of this event that do not quite add up chronologically. I gather this sort of temporal inconsistency is fairly common…
Or, as Peter would put it, I am simply insane.
I have a very clear memory of watching the Challenger launch in class and then seeing the disaster unfold live. And yet, when I actually do the math, I know that forty years ago I was not in school at all—I was skiing.
So now I am left wondering whether anyone else has memories of this event that do not quite add up chronologically. I gather this sort of temporal inconsistency is fairly common…
Or, as Peter would put it, I am simply insane.