Challenger

Challenger Explosion Many people still remember where they were, what they were doing, and what they felt when they heard about the tragedy of the Challenger. The Challenger disaster served as a violent and shocking reminder that man’s quest for the final discovery of our galaxy had never really begun. The Challenger explosion made us see the dark side of the space program, our government at fault, and our mistakes. Seven crew members were …

…that. The Challenger explosion marked the end of the era of unthinking faith in American technology (Trento 347). Americans reacted with grief, numbness, and disbelief. As Diane Vaughan puts it, “ Some events are experienced by great numbers of people, diverse, in interests, age, race, ethnicity, life style, and life changes, gender, language, and place, who temporarily become bound together by a historic moment” (432) The Challenger is an event which will probably never be forgotten in America.