I walked in to the TV showing the launch. I hadn&#x27;t known it had exploded. I didn&#x27;t realize I was seeing a replay.<p>I spent my time as a kid living on Vandenberg Air Force base, and my father would drag me out to  Minute Men missile launches early in the mornings. I saw several launches. Even two launched at once.<p>I had seen many launches before, so I had no expectation that they could go wrong.<p>Watching the shuttle explode like that was shocking.