I was flying to NASA Langley (Roanoke to Norfolk) to interview for a job just before the first shuttle crash. The same ice storm that screwed up the shuttle also screwed up our landing gear and forced us to make an emergency landing in Lynchburg. Then the only way to get to Newport News was via Pittsburgh International Airport. I arrived very late at night for my interview the next day, during which the shuttle crashed. The major rerouting to Pittsburgh International Airport, along with everything else that went wrong, was part of what prevented me from being enamored with NASA. I turned down the job and started a career with conveyor belts which has allowed me to see three continents.