Re: columbia -- what really happened
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 08:18:42PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote:
> >
> > I feel sorry for their families, kinda hard to feel sorry for astronauts.
> > As for bravery, no I don't think they are brave either.
>
> Why not? There's always a chance that the shuttle will blow up at
> some point (Challenger and Columbia), start leaking somewhere, get
> hit by something, etc.-- they knew the risks and took them anyway.
> Unless you're implying that they *didn't* know the risks?
I totally agree with you. Even after Challenger, astronauts wanted to
know when they could next go up. The threat of death haden't dampened
their thirst for knowledge and exploration.
I call that pretty damn brave.
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