Tag Archives: Challenger

Aug 12

App.net wants to do Twitter the right way

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Tom

A project called App.net met its $500,000 funding goal. It’s an attempt to “do Twitter the right way” by focusing on users and developers rather than advertisers. It’s an enormous challenge, and it’s going to take more than that to … Read More →

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May 02

Newly discovered amateur video of Challenger disaster

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Tom

The video, shot by Steven Virostek as he and his wife watched the launch, is particularly chilling as it mixes the official announcer’s “Obviously a major malfunction” with the voices of the observers. Although we eventually resumed shuttle flights, this … Read More →

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Jan 28

Challenger 25 Years Later

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Tom

Twenty-five years ago word went around the place I worked that something terrible had happened to the Challenger space shuttle. Someone grabbed the television that the training folks had to play video tapes and jury-rigged an antenna and all of … Read More →

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