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The horrifying public aspect of the tragedy sometimes overshadows the rest of Dick Scobee's life. 'Everyone saw how my father died and they saw the end of his career,' his son said. 'What they didn't see was his life -- which was amazing.'

"Dick Scobee started his Air Force career as an engine mechanic and worked his way through school and the military to become an officer, combat pilot and test pilot before winning a spot in NASA's astronaut corps.

"'Going from turning wrenches on a flight line to commanding a space shuttle -- no country in the world could you do that except for this one,' Rich Scobee said."

-- from
"Son of space shuttle Challenger commander remembers tragedy 33 years ago" by Thom Patterson, 2019-01-27