February 01, 2003

Ad Astra Per Aspera    [ News ]

Was driving home from the Potomac Falls invitational this morning, and turned on WTOP to hear that the space shuttle Columbia appears to have broken up in re-entry over Dallas/Ft Worth TX.   NASA officials at Kennedy Space Center have declared a "Space Shuttle Contingency".

Slashdot has an article posted on this, as does CNN.

Ad astra per aspera.   May the lives of the men and women aboard STS-107 be honored, and may the space program of the United States continue onwards despite this tragedy.

Posted by edobbs at February 1, 2003 10:30 AM