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Val

This is such a sweet lovely story. How interesting to think of and remember the brave astronauts as one raises one's baby. I was a little kid living in Cape Kennedy when Apollo 1 was incinerated on the launch pad, so for me, that was the space disaster I remember most, not the shuttles, but each is different from our different ages. And by the way, there is a wonderful growing presence of Latinos in the US space program - over on Daniel's blog I posted an item about how the first Venezuelan got named to head a major NASA lab and now he wants to be an American astronaut too, as he dreamed when he was a little kid. I hope he makes it.

Wow, Val. Some writing gene your family has. Moved to tears. Thanks for sharing.

Val,

Im terribly sorry for being such an asshole and posting comments to this post that have nothing to do with the topic at hand. I dont know exactly why this happens. Perhaps it's my sheer stupidity or my lack of respect. I was never taught how to be an adult and follow the rules. Again, sorry for any inconvenience this arrogant idiocy of mine has caused.

Thanks for the link to your sobrina's post.

I was shocked at how little the shuttle disasters are remembered by the mainstream press. For example, my hometown paper, The Tampa Tribune, saw fit to remember Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, but not the Columbia's demise.

Go figure.

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