Trails of Disbelief:

Smokler on February 2, 2003

I’m still in disbelief over the destruction (explosion, implosion what?) of the Space Shuttle Columbia that I’m don’t feel quite like it really happened. All I can say at this point is that the tragic end to the Space Shuttle Challenger happened when I was in the seventh grade and was one of the defining civic moments of my childhood. I liken it to how my parents felt about the Kennedy Assasination.

The next spring, I attened the Space Academy in Huntsville, AL with a friend from school. Each of us were divided into teams named after one of the Space Shuttles;. Naturally there was no team Challenger. My friend was on Team Atlantis. Me? Team Columbia.

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12 Replies to “Trails of Disbelief:”

  1. Jason February 2, 2003 at 7:50 pm

    Stumbled upon your sight while searching info on sxsw 2003 — and am so happy to have found your forum, and to find a Michigan link (I grew up in Rochester). Irony has been abound the last few months, as demonstrated by the name of your team at space camp. I feel like the world is on a holding pattern awaiting significant change — I just hope that it is for the better.
    Any info on sxsw?

  2. Jason February 2, 2003 at 7:50 pm

    Stumbled upon your sight while searching info on sxsw 2003 — and am so happy to have found your forum, and to find a Michigan link (I grew up in Rochester). Irony has been abound the last few months, as demonstrated by the name of your team at space camp. I feel like the world is on a holding pattern awaiting significant change — I just hope that it is for the better.
    Any info on sxsw?

  5. nels February 3, 2003 at 12:47 pm

    So you used the word civic moments… do you have an intrest in civic as a whole?

  6. nels February 3, 2003 at 12:47 pm

    So you used the word civic moments… do you have an intrest in civic as a whole?

  7. Kevin February 3, 2003 at 2:29 pm

    I’m not sure I know what you mean by that. Could you clarify?

  8. Kevin February 3, 2003 at 2:29 pm

    I’m not sure I know what you mean by that. Could you clarify?

  9. jason February 3, 2003 at 8:33 pm

    where/when, acts — just the basics.

  10. jason February 3, 2003 at 8:33 pm

    where/when, acts — just the basics.

  11. Kevin February 3, 2003 at 9:08 pm

    Oh, ok. My panels are on Monday the 9th in the afternoon. I’ll also be performing at 20X2 that evening and at Fray Cafe.
    The whole schedule is on the SXSW Web site at http://www.sxsw.com

  12. Kevin February 3, 2003 at 9:08 pm

    Oh, ok. My panels are on Monday the 9th in the afternoon. I’ll also be performing at 20X2 that evening and at Fray Cafe.
    The whole schedule is on the SXSW Web site at http://www.sxsw.com

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