Sunday, February 02, 2003

Worth The Risk "If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life". Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom 10:06:57 PM    Go Ahead, make my day  []

Today Is All We Have There was a radio sports talk host I used to listen to a few years back named Art Rust, Jr. He was one of the few who was intelligent, insightful and didn't pander to an audience of morons like so many today seem to do in the interest of ratings. I don't know what has become of him, but I remember he used to always end his broadcasts with the following: "Yesterday's a cancelled check; tomorrow's a promissory note. Today is the only time we have so spend it wisely." 1:53:59 PM    Go Ahead, make my day  []

Why We Must Go On We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. I do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours. . . . We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. John F. Kennedy - September 12, 1962 2:47:02 AM    Go Ahead, make my day  []

Columbia I can't think of anything profound to say or the wise words of someone else to quote. I just feel overwhelmed with grief over this tragedy. My prayers are with our brave astronauts and all of their families. May God hold them in the palm of His hand. 12:14:13 AM    Go Ahead, make my day  []