History of Feminism

redqueen

(115,173 posts) Tue Jan 28, 2014, 03:22 PM Jan 2014

"On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight,

leading to the tragic deaths of its seven crew members. Included in the seven were mission specialist Judith Resnik and teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first women to die in space flight. Resnik was the first Jewish woman in space and the second American woman astronaut, while McAuliffe would have become the first teacher in space. Here they are speaking with reporters at the Kennedy Space Center days before the launch."

From Ms. Magazine

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"On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, (Original Post) redqueen Jan 2014 OP

Without googling, can you name any of the men lost that day? lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #1

Jeff, c'mon. Don't try to make a simple salute to two female space pioneers and twist it into CTyankee Jan 2014 #2

Their sacrifice was tragic and heroic. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #6

I see no one denying the tragedy in the death of any crew members. LanternWaste Jan 2014 #9

Watching that "Y" shaped debris trail after the explosion, over and over and over Squinch Jan 2014 #3

I shudder when I think of their last moments...evidently, they knew what was going to CTyankee Jan 2014 #4

I remember hearing that, and that it was a minute or minutes long. Squinch Jan 2014 #5

Perhaps, mercifully, it was brief...a sudden boom and loss of consciousness.... CTyankee Jan 2014 #7

The Fate of the Challenger's Crew MicaelS Jan 2014 #10

thanks...it makes you wonder and hope that the loss of oxygen did cause them to black out CTyankee Jan 2014 #12

I was in my university dorm watching the tv when it happened. So sad. applegrove Jan 2014 #8

I was in class, we were watching on tv. nt redqueen Jan 2014 #11

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

1. Without googling, can you name any of the men lost that day?

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 04:09 PM

Jan 2014

Or even how many?

I think this phenomenon has significant implications for the discussion of "male privilege".

CTyankee

(65,432 posts)

2. Jeff, c'mon. Don't try to make a simple salute to two female space pioneers and twist it into

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 04:55 PM

Jan 2014

your purposes. It is bad form. You should know better.

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

6. Their sacrifice was tragic and heroic.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 06:13 PM

Jan 2014

Exactly like that of the other four (or was it five?) crewmembers.

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

9. I see no one denying the tragedy in the death of any crew members.

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 08:51 AM

Jan 2014

I see no one denying the tragedy in the death of any crew members... I'd hate to think that one was too sub-literate to understand that a contextual discussion of A does not in any way deny B.