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Any celebrations to be held in honor of Challenger and Columbia tragedies?
At least Sean O'keefe is leaving NASA after lo these many years. That
would appear to be an acceptance on his part of dereliction of duty. |
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OUCH. Rather harsh, but I appreciate the sentiment. I'm just
wondering why it is, that circa January 20 every year, everyone starts talking about Challenger, and of course now Columbia, but you have to hunt for the one, ten-second reference anywhere on the news about Apollo One. Not to be gross, but if we had been televising that Plugs-Out test, perhaps there would be just a little more of the passion I see above with regard to that, our FIRST loss in the space program. Instead, Lt. Col. Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, Lt. Col. Edward Higgins White II, and Lt. Comm. (Dr.) Roger Bruce Chaffee are lucky to get a passing mention. Something is wrong with this picture. |
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The use of the word "celebrations" seems a little inappropriate in this
case. Perhaps "rememberances" would be more appropriate? |
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RK, always the king of minutia. You KNOW I was talking about AMERICAN
losses, but if it will get you to focus on the POINT, I'll be sure to spell it out for you next time! |
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I'm going to hazard a guess here that the word "celebrations" was being
used in the context of our politically-correct world, where rather than focus on the "negative" aspect of death, we "celebrate" the lives they lived. But I agree with you; I didn't like that word-choice either. |
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wrote in message oups.com... RK, always the king of minutia. You KNOW I was talking about AMERICAN losses, but if it will get you to focus on the POINT, I'll be sure to spell it out for you next time! And you missed his point. They weren't the first AMERICAN losses. When's the last time you mourned Theodore Freeman; Charles Bassett, II; Elliot See, Jr.; Clifton Williams, Jr.? Or do they some how not count? |
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**sigh** Those were T-38 crashes. Yes, I'm aware they were
astronauts, but I THOUGHT the topic of this thread was Columbia and Challenger, and if so, I was pointing out what SHOULD HAVE BEEN the OBVIOUS omission of Apollo One. Did NO ONE on this News Group take Critical Thinking in college? If not, perhaps you can go back and review your sixth-grade reading comprehension class. |
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:00:27 -0600, rk
wrote: The AS-204 crew was not the first loss in the US space program. There were also losses in the USSR space program that preceded the loss of the AS-204 crew. [Cue Geo!] OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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Thanks for "cuing" Geo, Bob, but I noticed something...actually TWO
things: 1. You were late with this post, because I already answered it above; and, 2. You did not rise to Scott Grissom's challenge on that other thread! You just love to pop in and out at will, throw in your two-cents worth (which is worth about a half-penny) and leave without adding anything substantive to the conversation! And I'm quite certain that did NOT escape Scott's notice... **WINK** |
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wrote in message oups.com... **sigh** Those were T-38 crashes. So somehow they don't count? Yes, I'm aware they were astronauts, but I THOUGHT the topic of this thread was Columbia and Challenger, and if so, I was pointing out what SHOULD HAVE BEEN the OBVIOUS omission of Apollo One. Did NO ONE on this News Group take Critical Thinking in college? If not, perhaps you can go back and review your sixth-grade reading comprehension class. How about you start. Start with answering the question: "How can you act like the Apollo 1 deaths were the first fatalities in the US space program when they clearly weren't?" You're so fixated on Apollo 1 you're obviously willing to overlook the lives of other astronauts who died in the line of duty. That's pretty damn pathetic. |
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