Tal wrote:
> I don't understand how it happened...Billions of dollars to produce
> Super-super-hi-tech shuttle & equipment. the best of the best
> materials, special human teams, special and very unique technologies.
>
> and a disaster like that?
>
> I can't understand it!
>
> Tal

Billions of dollars, thousands of brightest scientists working to produce
the super-dee-duper high tech, just to try to avoid the zillions of
possible problems and things that can go wrong, when very few ways will
work. In middle of all of this, sometimes disasters happens, just to
remember us about the long way yet to go.  This only happens with creatures
that explore and search, us.  In this area, we found a way to run safe in
the dark, in middle of many deadly holes and sharp teeth beasts, but
sometimes a new hole appears and takes life away, so we need to learn,
remap and survive.

I have a friend at Nasa, he lives close by, called him today, was
devastated, was in shock, could only say few words, promised to call me
back later today or tomorrow.

The STS107's crew, highly skilled professionals, youngest was 41 years old.
You don't find this kind of people everyday, probably we need more than 50
million to select only 7 persons like that. Probably most of us can live an
entire life and not get close to a thousand miles from a person like this.
A great loss to the world community. My respects to the families and
relatives.

http://www.nasa.gov/STS-107_crew.pdf

I can't understand a disaster like that either, but I must accept.

Wagner

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