8. The C# of the dates of the earlier shuttle disasters are also 8s: Challenger , on 28.JAN.1986 (2+8 + 1 + 1+9+8+6 = 35) Columbia , on 01.FEB.2003 (1 + 2 + 2+0+0+3 = 8). See "JunkShuns" in Bangalore for more details on this. Posted by Srinivas Shastri at 11:36