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aidenn0 on July 22, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA's Successful Quantifying of Comedy Timing (By...

I went once; my grandfather had gotten VIP passes. It was January 1986.

pyre on July 22, 2011 [–]

If 'January 1986' is meant to refer to Challenger, keep in mind that Columbia was launched Jan 12 1986[1], and Challenger was launched Jan 28, 1986[2].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-61-C

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-L

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