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ChuckDeaton
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 Posted - 02/06/2003 : 06:38:50
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| Janice, anyone that knows me knows that I couldn't run and carry a light for any one of the 7 that died. Nor do I intend to trivialize any suffering, but I just don't understand what motivates our government to send humans on space missions nor do I understand what motivated the 7 and a group of others to leave home and hearth to ride into space. For the life of me I can't see that the invention of Tang has affected my life in any way, I don't have a television dish and have never used an ear thermometer. |
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Janice Toll
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2003 : 07:50:31
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| Chuck, maybe the answer is simply "because it's there". |
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olderthendirt
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2003 : 08:01:29
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| Chuck, future generations will not question why we went into space but rather why we took so long about it. Every one who has gone into space has been willing to put there lives on the line, just as Chis C did when he risked sailing of the edge of the earth. Mabe not in my lifetime, but some day we will have factories (these are not that fat away) and habitates in space and on the moon. The world will benefit in ways we cannot imagine today. Keep the memory of the fallen and keep on flying NASA. |
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Newt
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2003 : 09:06:21
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People who explore, are for the most part driven by disire and will explore with or without the government. Even if it is trying to navagate around the world in a balloon. These are true heros.
Without them we would still be in the dark ages. Most governments back some exploration and reap the benefits.
For some reason third world countries don't and have no disire to explore new frontiers, however they also reap benifits of our discoveries.
Our heros are roll models and we mourn the loss of each one, yet it was their desire to do what they did, not expecting the fate, but realizing it could happen. |
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KileAnderson
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2003 : 09:18:58
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| Chuck, you may one day need an MRI to diagnose a heart problem that will be treated with an artificial valve or stent made with plastics that exist because of the needs of NASA's manned space program. It's kind of like asking why do we need to drill for oil if we had electric cars. Gas is not the only petroleum product that you use everyday. The computer on which I type this has petroleum products in it. The carpet on my floor and the couch on which I sit both have petroleum products in them. The point is, space program innovations have directly affected you life so much that you would not recognize the world without them. |
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ChuckDeaton
USA
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Posted - 02/12/2003 : 19:48:58
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| The news is that body parts have been found in Toledo Bend. The parts have been identified as astronaut parts. |
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