--- "Jim L'Hommedieu (Lama)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In his book on the USA space program, "The Right > Stuff", Tom Wolfe wrote > about the early test pilots who lost control of the > X-1 and perished during > test flights. He said that for the most part, the > other test pilots shook > off each new loss until they heard the last few > minutes of audio when the > pilot was realizing things were amiss.
... > Debra said, > >> > This makes me very sad. Even knowing that the > astronauts realize the > risks, to be completely blown away so suddenly still > makes me cry, and > to think that most people, myself included, take for > granted the work > they and other astronauts do since it all goes so > smoothly so often, > well, it's not a good idea to ever take anything or > anyone for granted. You know what's amazing? That it doesn't happen more often. Like ALL the time. This stuff probably shouldn't work - but it does. Most of the time. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
