Red and Rover by Brian Basset for January 28, 2016

NICE analogy Red!

That’s nice, Red, but be careful, anyway!

Love it, boys when you’re traveling in the spacecraft together

LOVE & HUGS TO RED & ROVER

I flew my box to all 9 planets. (Yes, there ARE 9) Perhaps more like Spaceman Spiff.

In honour of the 30th anniversary of the Challenger accident.

Sometimes you need the secure harbor to grow and to come out better and stronger!!

I love that Rover has his tail through the box spaceship to provide the acceleration flame!

A very nice tribute to the crew of the Challenger. Hard to believe it’s been 30 years.

We ‘flew’ over the Atlantic once using controls on the range/oven in the kitchen. Mom was not too pleased with us! (we only did it once too!)

In remembrance of the space shuttle Challenger, 30 years ago today.

2 friendship!

Love Rover’s tail tiller to steer the space ship carton.

We visited the Cape area the following summer. Not to belittle the severity of the tragedy, but it was very quiet and depressing when you realized how many people were out of work because of the incident…

Remembering the Challenger today…..

Godspeed Apollo 1, Godspeed Challenger!

Apollo 1, Jan 27, 1967, (49 years ago)Challenger, Jan 28, 1986 (30 years ago)

“There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again. "JFK speech at Rice University, September 12, 1962

I did not realize it was 30 years today on that event. But I do remember that day. It changed my outlook. We’d just came out of this awful meeting here at work. We were all aggravated about forthcoming changes and all kind of depressed. When we heard what happened I just remember thinking “Wow……. what we deal with is nothing compared to that”. Since that day I quit letting any work related ‘crap’ bother me. I am retiring this March with over 41 years here. I can truly say this ‘place’ hasn’t upset me one time since 1986.

I can’t quite tell if this is a repost are not.

And, btw, what a great Mom! No belittling, no patronizing, just an appropriate “Mom” send-off. You are VERY fortunate, Red and Rover.

I flew from Michigan to Fort Myers, FL that awful day. You could see the cloud that had been the Challenger in the sky. It was dreadful. I will never forget it. RIP, brave Challenger crew.

He’s still reliving the Mercury missions? I thought this strip had established that they were already up to Apollo. Or did this strip recycle and I missed the reentry?

Glad to see Spaceship Friendship enroute on the anniversary of the Challenger explosion.

Yes, the last panel is priceless—a hole for Rover’s tail, and it says “danger exhaust.” Love it!