Columbia Crash

Reason Staff | 2.1.2003 10:15 AM

This is horrible. See CNN for developing news and information on the astronauts.

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Mark S. 23 years ago

just got the news about what happened to the Columbia.

Just when I starting to think that it was going to be a nice day, I read an e-mail from a friend telling me to turn on CNN. As someone who follows space exploration closely, this news hits me hard. Damn. It's almost exactly 17 years ago, back in 5th grade, when I walked into class after lunch to find out that the Challenger exploded. I feel the same way now as I did then: numb with shocked disbelief. But the images of the fragments of Columbia falling to earth are as real as the images of the demise of the Challenger.

I had long ago resigned myself to fact that something like this was going to happen again. Space flight is a risky operation, and mistakes will be made. Accidents will happen. Lives will be lost. I just didn't expect it to be today.

None of us did.
Jim Walsh 23 years ago

Born of the sun,
They traveled a short while toward the sun,
And left the vivid air signed with their honor.

-Sir Stephen Spender

Columbia, we salute you.
Bill O'Reilly 23 years ago

WHERE DID YOU LEARN HOW TO SPELL
NONE 23 years ago

Ummm.if the only point that you were trying to make in this artical is that this was sad then you made it in the frist papagraph. my only thing to add to this is that there will be acadents in almoust every un-experamented test with a high danger operation invloved. you realy shoud make a better web site or rename this some thing like whatithink.com
pankaj 23 years ago

indeed A giant loss to mankind
sandy 23 years ago

a mission is a mission...
irrespective of succeful/failure..
Anonymous 23 years ago

Shout
Cristina 23 years ago

Im so sad that happend.
michelle dwyer 22 years ago

i think it was sad to think about it.My socal studdies will talk about in class for current events.
michelle dwyer 22 years ago

i think it was sad to think about it.My socal studdies will talk about in class for current events.
michelle dwyer 22 years ago

i think it was sad to think about it.My socal studdies will talk about in class for current events.

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