When did it happen? Snopes tells me it happened just this morning (Feb 1), the thing is, Someone told me about another space shuttle exploding with astronauts dying. She told me this last Tuesday, Jan. 28.
Wuddup widat? She did say that she only heard it on the radio and wasn’t really paying attention, and that it hardly got any attention, just a foot note. So, did a different shuttle explode? Did something else happen that might be mistaken for a shuttle exploding? Did it actually happen last Tuesday, and snopes is wrong? Or was the radio man a psychic, and telling his prediction for this week?
The 28th was the 16th anniversary of the Challenger explosion, perhaps she wasn’t listening close enough to realize they were talking about the anniversary.
I forsee two “sapceflight superstitions” in the near future: 1) no shuttles in orbit during the week including the 27,28 of JAn and Feb 1st (or at the least, no take-off/landings) and 2) No more shuttles with names that start with C.