17 Feb
1999
17 Feb
'99
8:48 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Well, if you mean the rescue I think you mean,
it's actually in the Indian
Ocean. That's where the Challenger went down. The fuel tank and solids
(booster rockets) went down near Florida, but the Challenger went down on
the far side of Africa if memory serves me.
The Challenger was nowhere near suborbital when the explosion took
place. Everything landed off the coast of Florida.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor