Actually I do not believe that is totally true

The major broadcast networks were showing the launch but cut away right after the explosion and NASA had set up a special satalitte broadcast to schools due to the teacher being on board, so many kids may have seen it in school

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Posted: 01/28/2022 at 08:45AM

Saw it live in Satellite beach, had to report anything that washed -- kjhokie 01/28/2022 10:58AM

Walking down the hall in Pritchard and the head RA was coming out of my -- RhinoVT 01/28/2022 09:52AM

I was waiting for my English Satire class to start, and my instructor..... -- Happy Dog 01/28/2022 09:28AM

I stepped into the NAS Whiting Field barber shop just after it happened -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2022 09:10AM

I'll help my buddy -- UTPr0sim 01/28/2022 08:51AM

Hasn't worked for me at all, as recently as a few minutes ago, buddy. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/28/2022 08:58AM

Sorry, I've had that happen and never figured out why it went out or came -- UTPr0sim 01/28/2022 09:00AM

It's not a big deal, other than it totally screws up the start of my day. -- PhotoHokieNC 01/28/2022 09:07AM

Ours also ** -- Spudnut 01/28/2022 11:11AM

Dominoes. It’s worse than second-hand smoke. Data shows from our -- PhotoHokieNC 01/28/2022 11:32AM

And no, everybody - you did NOT watch it live in your classroom... -- BobG 01/28/2022 08:28AM

I was substitute teaching that day and saw it. I think I was around the -- Coach McGuirk 01/28/2022 11:03AM

The Mandela Effect strikes again. We watched it live in the Berenstein -- HokieNoVA 01/28/2022 10:09AM

Not exactly true -- RTFC 01/28/2022 09:02AM

The entire 4th grade gathered into one class to watch. So... -- Kudelski 01/28/2022 09:00AM

My wife's school was watching it live. She was in the pool of -- UTPr0sim 01/28/2022 08:52AM

Shun ? ** -- BobG 01/28/2022 08:53AM

Sure in 1986 -- UTPr0sim 01/28/2022 08:54AM

I loved her in The OC ** -- 3011Cochrane 01/28/2022 12:57PM

POTD. ** -- BobG 01/28/2022 09:13AM

Actually I do not believe that is totally true -- HokieTV 01/28/2022 08:45AM

Agree, I believe the launch was on Network TV ** -- Brown Water 01/28/2022 08:53AM

Test -- Brown Water 02/02/2022 8:38PM

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Absolutely was - watched it on my little black n white tv in my bedroom ** -- OXVT 01/28/2022 09:22AM

I'd also bet most schools didn't have satellite receivers in 1986. ** -- BobG 01/28/2022 08:48AM

Tru, but my chemistry teacher was in the running to be on the shuttle -- RRHokie90 01/28/2022 08:44AM

My art teacher told us she was a finalist as well. never verified that info ** -- HokieTV 01/28/2022 08:47AM

Seeing VTango's post below, makes me think everyone was a finalist! ** -- RRHokie90 01/28/2022 08:48AM

I was watching it live on CNN at home. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/28/2022 08:37AM

I had a snow day -- Victor Tango 01/28/2022 08:34AM

I was in a tent outside Cassell -- SteveInBaltimore 01/28/2022 08:32AM

I was in a bucket truck on the Kensington Expwy, Buffalo -- LaneRat 01/28/2022 08:23AM

Actually I do not believe that is totally true

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