They do not grow old, as we who are left grow old

I acquired what might have been, by that time, the last new, sealed copy of Challenger Memorial tape in the world at the Montreal Worldcon in 2009, and listened to it obsessively for two weeks when I got home.

Challenger Memorial cassette insert

“Recorded during a memorial presentation at Bayfilk III in San Jose, California, on March 9, 1986, before an audience of 200. The dream is, and must remain, alive.” (Archive recording)

  1. Eulogy ― Bishop Ernest Caswell
  2. The Challenge (Mitchel) ― Tera Mitchel
  3. Journeys (McQuillin) ― Cynthia McQuillin
  4. Fire in the Sky (Kare) ― Jordin Kare
  5. Nightmare Launch (Lackey/Fish) ― Leslie Fish
  6. Minus (Mar) ― Kathy Mar
  7. Requiem Toast (Weiss/Foster) ― Catherine Cook
  8. And Now They’re Gone (Sutton) ― Bill Sutton
  9. Challenge of the Phoenix (Craven) ― Brenda Craven, Paul McDonald
  10. In Dreams They Fly (McQuillin) ― Cynthia McQuillin
  11. Dreams (Lackey/Kare) ― Mercedes Lackey
  12. Keep the Dream Alive (Savitzky) ― Stephen Savitzky
  13. Phoenix (Ecklar) ― Joey Shoji, Mary Ellen Wessels
  14. Witnesses’ Waltz (Fish) ― Catherine Cook
  15. Hope Eyrie (Fish) ― Leslie Fish

Sound Engineer : Jeff Rogers ― Producer : Teri Lee ― Cover Art : David Brian

In Memoriam

27 January 1967

  • Roger Chaffee
  • Virgil “Gus” Grissom
  • Edward White

28 January 1986

  • Gregory Jarvis
  • Christa McAuliffe
  • Ronald McNair
  • Ellison Onizuka
  • Judith Resnik
  • Francis “Dick” Scobee
  • Michael Smith

1 February 2003

  • Michael Anderson
  • David Brown
  • Kalpana Chawla
  • Laurel Clark
  • Rick Husband
  • William McCool
  • Ilan Ramon

Author: publius

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