From: steve.silverwood@gmail.com   
      
   Thanks for the reminder.  I keep all three of these in my Outlook   
   calendar so that every year I'm reminded of the ultimate sacrifices   
   these men and women made in the exploration of space.   
      
   I wish I had a list of all such events from Russia, too.  Those   
   sacrifices, though on the other side of the so-called Cold War, were   
   just as heroic and just as deserving of commemoration.   
      
   On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:46:44 -0600, Dillon Pyron   
    wrote:   
      
   >We are coming up on the worst week in the history of manned space   
   >flight.   
   >   
   >At 2330 GMT on January 27, 1967, Gus Grisson, Ed White and Roger   
   >Chafee were killed when a fire broke out  in the Apollo 1 command   
   >module (capsule).  The cause has never been officially determined,   
   >although many causal contributing factor were identified.   
   >   
   >At 1628.73 GMT on January 28, 1986, Dick Scobee, Michael Smith,   
   >Ellison Onizuka, Judy Resnick, Ron McNair, Christa McAuliffe and   
   >Gregory Jarvis were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke up   
   >73 seconds after launch.  The apparent cause was the failure of an   
   >O-ring on one of the solid rocket boosters, which caused a failure in   
   >the external fuel tank which resulted in aerodynamic instability of   
   >the shuttle resulting in its breakup.   
   >   
   >At approximately 1359.37 on February 1, 2003, Rick Husband, William   
   >McCool, Mike Anderson, Ilan Ramon, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and   
   >Laurel Clark were killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke up   
   >during descent.  The apparent cause was failure of the left wing due   
   >to loss of its thermal protection after a segment of the external fuel   
   >tank's insulation fell, striking the wing.   
   >   
   >Although over a span of 36 years, the memorial of these three   
   >accidents fall within 6 days of each other.   
   >   
   >Fifteen Americans, one Israeli and one Indian were killed in these   
   >three accidents.  Many look at athletes, actors and musical performers   
   >as idols and even heroes, but these 17 should be remembered as true   
   >heroes and all of us should attempt to emulate them, or encourage our   
   >childern and grandchildren to do so.   
   >   
   >Love them, honor them and never forget them..   
      
   -- //Steve//   
      
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