About this song
- On a cold Florida morning in January 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 Seconds into its flight, burning up almost 2 million litres of fuel in a few seconds and killing all 7 people on board, 6 astronauts and one civilian, a school teacher, Christa McAuliffe. The haunting images of Challenger’s destruction and its capsules slow plummet back to earth on live television and in front of stunned onlookers, has been played and viewed over and over again throughout the years past. These images have had a profound affect on many people all over the world. The Challenger disaster shows man’s resolve to explore the great unknown, the never ending search for a greater understanding of who we are both personally and as a race. It shows our own resolve to be better, and that we are all trapped on this tiny speck of dust in an infinite universe. It’s also a beautiful and tragic reminder of who we’ve lost along the way, of those who burnt too fast and too brightly, and whose light was extinguished far too soon. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
