Woke up this morning to the news of the shuttle Columbia shattering on reentry and don’t quite know what to say.
Part of me is detached and logical with an “if you want to make an omelette…” kind of viewpoint, another part worried that this might slow down space exploration, and another just plain old sad for the astronauts that lost their lives doing great things and their families.
From all of me to the survivors of the shuttle incident, whether they be families who have lost their loved ones, or workers that have lost friends, my sympathies.
“If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.”
- Virgil I. Grissom, March, 1965. Grissom later died in the capsule fire in Apollo 1.
Edit: Here is an article with bios on the seven astronauts.
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