logickal wrote:
] ] With the release of the Columbia Accident Investigation
] ] Board report, the "timid souls" and risk averse are with
] ] us once more. Human space flight isn't worth the risk,
] ] they say.
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ] Bull.
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ] Having humans at the center of space exploration and
] ] development is what makes it all worthwhile. Anything
] ] less is pseudo exploration - interesting, but irrelevant.
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ] I seldom draw social inspiration from sports writers, but
] ] Sports Illustrated's Frank Deford hit it on the head in a
] ] May 28 NPR interview, linking the achievements of Neil
] ] Armstrong and Edmund Hilary to a sense of purpose for the
] ] common man or woman: "What Edmund Hilary did 50 years ago
] ] changed us all, stretched us all, improved us all," said
] ] Deford. "Why? Well, at last because it was not just it
] ] (Everest) that was there; because he was there, we were,"
] ] he said.
]
] Damn Straight.

agreed. it's about the human spirit. extension and change are the foundation of who we are, or at least should be.