I saw the Challenger explosion live. I was a sophmore in High School in Florida and standing outside at lunch. Shuttle launches were a fairly regular thing and I&#x27;d seem many. But this time I could see the trails as parts fell away to earth. It wasn&#x27;t like the fuel tanks the fell away usually. I was talking with a guy named Wes. He said &quot;that doesn&#x27;t look right&quot;. It didn&#x27;t. After lunch there was announcement that the shuttle had exploded.<p>It doesn&#x27;t seem that long ago really. The weird thing is.. in that same amount of time in the future I&#x27;m going to be a 75 year old man:)