The fact that these seven people were willing to risk their lives to further humanity's knowledge makes them heroic in my book.
Oh please! I would not need to think twice if I were offered a chance to go up in the shuttle, even now. There is no difference between these "heroes" and a bus driver who happens to be killed on the highway by a careless driver.
It is amazing how you get taken in by some fancy NASA Marketing dressed up in the flag with a big Dollar figure on it.
Yep 4sure this is offtopic but it is the topic we should all be talking about - the goodwill that (most of) the world has had for the U.S. and "American ideals" is now spent and for what?
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Presumably, you can't have a fire in space and if you were caught above a fire you could just go up.
Oh please! I would not need to think twice if I were offered a chance to go up in the shuttle, even now. There is no difference between these "heroes" and a bus driver who happens to be killed on the highway by a careless driver.
It is amazing how you get taken in by some fancy NASA Marketing dressed up in the flag with a big Dollar figure on it .
Get Over it!
Yep 4sure this is offtopic but it is the topic we should all be talking about - the goodwill that (most of) the world has had for the U.S. and "American ideals" is now spent and for what?