a pause, today

[jay]

But as we remember those who have fallen, we must also honor them by
acknowledging, humbly, that they cannot be the last. We have not made our
last mistake in learning the art and science of spaceflight. There are
places in Arlington Cemetery, and elsewhere, waiting for others who have yet
to pay the ultimate price for our human failings. We do not know who, or
why, or when, but it will come. We pray, today, that it will be a very long
time. Let us on this Day of Remembrance honor our lost companions by
resolving to make it so.

-Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator

(from a note to staff, today)

20 years since Challenger...

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[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Today is NASA's Remembrance Day, sort of a three-way memorial to all three disasters that happened around this time of year.

And... agreed.