Divers found the 20-foot section bearing Challenger’s distinctive tiles on Thursday. The space shuttle exploded shortly after launch in 1986.
“This discovery gives us an opportunity to pause once again, to uplift the legacies of the seven pioneers we lost, and to reflect on how this tragedy changed us,” NASA administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.
The Birkenstocks belonging to the late Apple CEO were saved from a garbage heap and are now expected to fetch anywhere from $60,000 to $80,000 when they hit auction this Friday (via Gizmodo.)
The top bidder will also get an NFT of the sandals, as if winning wasn’t punishment enough.
Thanks to dbrand, you can do just that — the gadget reskinning company is now selling a pack of eight Verified stickers, discounted down to $8 from $20. The listing says: “Instead of footing the bill for the worst bluff of all time, pay us once to verify whatever the fuck you want. Checkmate, Elon.”
