I still remember the day. It was a cold, grey day in Germany. It was late afternoon, Mom was making dinner, and I was listening to a little handheld radio with an ear jack. A few weeks before I had discovered Voice of America, an English speaking stations besides AFN to listen to, and I thought I was the coolest. I was a space junkee at the time, and listening to a shuttle launch as it happened was just beyond amazing for me. I remember listening dumbfounded as it happened, and walking into the living room and telling my mom the shuttle had blown up. She didn’t quite believe me, not for another fifteen minutes when it came on the family radio over AFN.