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realitista@lemmus.org 4 weeks agoI only remember it because they wheeled out the TV’s in the middle of school to watch it. Why did they do that?
Comment on What's your answer? And in the picture which news story is being reported?
realitista@lemmus.org 4 weeks agoI only remember it because they wheeled out the TV’s in the middle of school to watch it. Why did they do that?
greygore@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Because teacher Christa McAuliffe was onboard. I believe they previously broadcast earlier shuttle launches, but by 1986 they were no longer novel; putting a teacher onboard who was planning to teach some lessons in space made educators more interested and so many schools pulled out the TVs to show the launch live. Turned out to be a different kind of education than they expected.