I’ve been afraid to watch a live launch ever since Challenger.

@wendynather Yeah. I stayed home from school that day, but got out of bed to watch it. Pretty sure that's the longest I've ever waited for my parents to get home...

(As a bonus, Columbia was on my birthday, while I was overseas by myself. So, yeah, I totally get it.)

@jon Oh, that’s awful … both times.
@wendynather Yeah... for everyone's sake, I think I'll catch the launches (and returns) on NASA TV after the fact...