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"I sat outside on my porch this morning
Waiting for the sonic boom to arrive
But something went wrong 40 miles above
And our family vanished into the sky
It's been almost 20 years and still I feel the pain
Of watching Challenger fall into the sea
And now there's seven more names written on the wall
They paid the price for our destiny"
-- from
"A Ray of Hope", by Gunther Anderson and
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donnad,
February 2003 (a recording is available at that link, as well as
the rest of the lyrics and the chord progression)
(no subject)
Waiting for the sonic boom to arrive"
You know this actually came from Gunther's mother. She lives in Celebration Florida and can see the shuttle launches and landings from her porch. That morning, she was sitting out on the porch waiting to hear the sonic booms* of the shuttle coming in and after a bit realized it was past when they should have happened. She went inside and turned on the television to find out what had happened.
*The sonic boom of the shuttle landing is actually three booms, the nose cone and each of the wings breaking the sound barrier, but because they come so quickly in succession, it sounds like only one.