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Hail Columbia!! Hail valiant heroes!

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Shuttle Breaks Up on Re-Entry; Crew Feared Dead
The space shuttle Columbia -- the oldest in the fleet -- breaks up over Texas as it prepares to land in Florida Saturday morning. The seven crew members aboard, including the first Israeli astronaut, are feared dead. Debris believed to be from the spacecraft is found in east Texas. :cry:--from National Public Radio...
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fall far and well Pilots!
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"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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"death reaps the beauty of the world
bundles old crops to hasten new"
" a universe with no edge in space, no begining or end in time"
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Yeah, I am reading that right now. :( :( :( :( :( :( indeed.
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We salute you, Columbia.
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I remember when the first one exploded in 1986. I initially thought it was a hoax because that particular radio presenter at the time was known for pulling the mickey out of everybody and everything.

It's not something I expected to ever happen again though :( Of course - I never expected Concorde to crash either and hopefully they're still in the air when I finally am able to fly in one.
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