what the mem & women who get into the space shuttle do is comparable to explorers who have been sailing the seas for thousands of years. They know it is dangerous, but they go anyway, and each time they do, they add to the total of knowlege and human accomplishment.

Those who fly into space are merely more visable and command our notice.....I mourn their loss and share the sadness at their sacrifice......and I know, as soon as it is deemed proper, others will fill their places and continue the dream.

We cry, and then we keep on, as we have always done.............