After the accident, 17 percent of respondents in one study reported that they had seen the shuttle launch, while 85 percent said that they had learned of the accident within an hour.
不过，在事故發生後的一项研究中，有17%的答复者表示他們觀看了太空梭的發射，剩下的85%则表示他們在一小時內得知了事故的發生。