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Post by Dbaby on Feb 1, 2003 19:31:10 GMT -5
 I feel so bad that this happened. This is horrible!
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Post by Aba21 on Feb 1, 2003 22:58:38 GMT -5
It is such a sad thing to see. I'm here in Texas where it is getting a tremendous amount of Pub. Dbaby this is an example of the history you live. you have mentioned in the past all the things I've seen and heard.....well it is happening to you as well. One thing I always think about: People never think that this is something that could happen in our quest to explore space. It's part of the great price we pay. It's sad when it does but as a people and a planet we have to continue to push the envelope if we are to succeed.
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Post by sukkafu on Feb 2, 2003 4:58:03 GMT -5
it immediately stirred up memories of the early 1986 disaster to the challenger and krista mcauliffe and the others. it was so horrible then and now. 17 yrs later and yet still malfunction, human error and mechanical failure. i grieve with you and with the families thinking with excitement that their loved ones were touching down today. |
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Post by Cadeho on Feb 2, 2003 14:38:11 GMT -5
Once again I mourn for people I've never known and their families. I am saddened and in disbelief. I think when Columbia went up I thought as always, nothing about it. They've gone up so many times and come back safely each time since Challenger. I had nothing to worry about and it was just a sidenote, another shuttle's gone up. At one point I did think of how it's become routine and that we don't cover lift offs like we used to. I remember being in school watching them. I was 6 when Challenger happened and I remember I said then, I don't want to be an astronaut. The risks of going to space escaped me since then. I do wonder what's going to happen next. I went into the Dallas room yesterday to see what they were saying in there. One person said something about the last few years have not been good for this country; something is always going bad. But usually, out of bad comes the best of good so there's no need to worry. It touches me that the crew went doing what they wanted. They got to see and experience what most of us will never see first hand in our lives. I am happy for them. They probably never knew what happened and although what seems catastrophic an end to us was the beginning of peace for them. Definitely we should continue. I'd like to see the exploration of Mars maybe a return to the Moon. I won't forget how risky each adventure is from now on. I will respect each and every one and manned voyage.
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Post by sukkafu on Feb 3, 2003 2:38:21 GMT -5
well, like my son james said, you don't stop driving a car because there's an accident. it just demands that we have a clear space budget and we use newer equipment than troubled old columbia!
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Post by Ivory Fair on Feb 3, 2003 23:53:34 GMT -5
I knew every time I heard Ronnie McNeir's name (the man who is, I guess, "filling in" for Levi in the Four Tops) it sounded familiar......... it was not until last night when I saw footage of Columbia's crew paying tribute to the Challenger's flight crew that it hit me........ Ronald McNair, killed on board the Challenger, January 1986 Someone on CNN made the point of how ironic it is that we mourn and make such a big deal of seven heroes who died for their country at the same time we are sending off thousands of heroes to potentially die in Iraq and say nothing. Disrespectful? Maybe. But it's true. |
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Post by sukkafu on Feb 4, 2003 3:31:15 GMT -5
i agree that sometimes we mourn over the loss of a movie star and then on page 42 of the newspaper 450 indians or somalians died in some train wreck and it's not even newsworthy. many haitians die on overloaded ferrys and hundreds drown from the accident.
our military is ready to protect our democracy.
the shuttle wasn't defending anything but exploring space. it is unfortunate that errors can be brutal.
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Post by Ivory Fair on Feb 10, 2003 23:39:28 GMT -5
I've had this in my head since the shuttle fell out of the sky. They should have someone perform it at one of the memorial services. I'm not telling you all where it's from 'cause you'll think it's corny.
How can the small flowers grow
If the wild winds blow
And the cold snow is all around
Where will the frail birds fly
If their home on high
Have been torn down to the ground
Lift the Wings
That carry me away from here and
Fill the Sail
That breaks the line to home
But when I'm miles and miles apart from you
I'm beside you when I think of you - a Stóirín a Grá
How and a tree stand tall
If a rain won't fall
To wash its branches down
How can the heart survive
Can it stay alive
If its love's denied for long
Lift the Wings
That carry me away from here and
Fill the Sail
That breaks the line to home
But when I'm miles and miles apart from you
I'm beside you when I think of you - a Stóirín
And I'm with you when I think of you - a Stóirín
And a song will bring you near to me - a Stóirín a Grá
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Post by sukkafu on Feb 11, 2003 0:32:33 GMT -5
the song from RIVERDANCE is not corny.  it's a nice song.  i'm fine with you liking it for a memoriam. |
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Post by Ivory Fair on Feb 11, 2003 0:33:34 GMT -5
I bet you're a closet River Dance fan aren't you Sukka. |
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Post by sukkafu on Feb 11, 2003 1:20:20 GMT -5
riverdance was cool when it came out in the 90's . there was another one like it afterwards.
it wasn't my favorite thing, but i enjoyed watching the pbs tape.
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Post by Ivory Fair on Feb 11, 2003 11:20:47 GMT -5
It still is!
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Post by sukkafu on Feb 12, 2003 6:03:11 GMT -5
quite talented group of irish dancers.
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