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the nobility of the great explorers

Posted: 2003-02-01 09:50am
by Col. Crackpot
it takes a diferent kind of person to strap themselves onto a tank of liquid hydrogen and hurtle themself into space. knowing the risks involevd they do so anyway for the betterment of humanity. lets just take a moment of our time and pay our respect.

Posted: 2003-02-01 09:55am
by Dalton
True guts, really. To take the risk of never again returning to Earth, risking life for knowledge.

Posted: 2003-02-01 10:06am
by salm
sure, but is there a special reason to do that today? some explorer day or something? the day the chalenger exploded?

Posted: 2003-02-01 10:07am
by Stormbringer
salm wrote:sure, but is there a special reason to do that today? some explorer day or something? the day the chalenger exploded?
The Columbia was just lost with it's entire crew.

Posted: 2003-02-01 10:19am
by salm
Stormbringer wrote:
salm wrote:sure, but is there a special reason to do that today? some explorer day or something? the day the chalenger exploded?
The Columbia was just lost with it's entire crew.
holy moly. read that just after posting this... :(

Posted: 2003-02-01 03:12pm
by Durandal
I feel horrible for the families of the crew and also for the shuttle engineers at NASA. They must be feeling terrible right now.