The Michael Berry Show

I'm just doing all right

Well for the Jen Xers this is that and knew exactly where I was when I heard the news moment.

Yesterday marked 38 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy.

Claude Onazuka, brother of fallen astronaut Ellison,

described watching the explosion

and how they accepted the risks.

You know, when the shuttle launched and the

uh... challenger exploded it was it was almost looking straight up at it

but because we had viewed the the launch in 1985, his first mission, we knew something went wrong immediately.

Unfortunately, after the accident, when we view the launch, you can see a flame coming out of the rocket booster

from the leak on the rocket booster which was shooting on the main fuel tank and

that's what made it explode.

He left us doing what he wanted to do.

He went into the program with his eyes well open.

It's something that the family respected and we accepted.

Those final moments of flight control, the whole country is watching, I never forget.

Challenger, go with throttle up. A charger to a throttle up.

My controllers here are looking very carefully at the situation.

Obviously a major malfunction. Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation.

Obviously a major malfunction.

And then finally...

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