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<blockquote data-quote="Tomanta" data-source="post: 666186" data-attributes="member: 860">Why is this a significant event?&nbsp; Well, it's rare.&nbsp; It is the loss of some of the brightest and the best of us. It is, at the very least, a setback on our future.&nbsp; It in no way implies that others who lose their lives do not deserve the same attention, it is just not possible to do it.I don't remember the Challenger explosion, but I do remember the first launch following it, how much attention there was on it... I loved it, at that time I wanted to be an astronaut myself.&nbsp; Since then I've realized that is something way beyond my abilities.&nbsp; But I always try to pay at least a little attention to what is happening with NASA.&quot;There's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on: whether it happens in a hundred years, or a thousand years, or a million years, eventually our sun will grow cold, and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us, it'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-tsu, Einstein, Maruputo, Buddy Holly, Aristophanes - all of this. All of this was for nothing, unless we go to the stars.&quot; -- Jeffrey Sinclair, Babylon 5</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tomanta, post: 666186, member: 860"] Why is this a significant event? Well, it's rare. It is the loss of some of the brightest and the best of us. It is, at the very least, a setback on our future. It in no way implies that others who lose their lives do not deserve the same attention, it is just not possible to do it. I don't remember the Challenger explosion, but I do remember the first launch following it, how much attention there was on it... I loved it, at that time I wanted to be an astronaut myself. Since then I've realized that is something way beyond my abilities. But I always try to pay at least a little attention to what is happening with NASA. "There's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on: whether it happens in a hundred years, or a thousand years, or a million years, eventually our sun will grow cold, and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us, it'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-tsu, Einstein, Maruputo, Buddy Holly, Aristophanes - all of this. All of this was for nothing, unless we go to the stars." -- Jeffrey Sinclair, Babylon 5 [/QUOTE]

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