On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 08:18:42PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > > I feel sorry for their families, kinda hard to feel sorry for astronauts. > > As for bravery, no I don't think they are brave either. > > Why not? There's always a chance that the shuttle will blow up at > some point (Challenger and Columbia), start leaking somewhere, get > hit by something, etc.-- they knew the risks and took them anyway. > Unless you're implying that they *didn't* know the risks?
I totally agree with you. Even after Challenger, astronauts wanted to know when they could next go up. The threat of death haden't dampened their thirst for knowledge and exploration. I call that pretty damn brave. -- Don Werve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Unix System Administrator) Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn bork! bork! bork! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
