Comments on: Astronaut Diary Survives Columbia Accident http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/06/astronaut-diary-survives-columbia-accident/ Space and astronomy news Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:46:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Nicholshttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/06/astronaut-diary-survives-columbia-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-35714 Richard Nichols Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:20:21 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19198#comment-35714 Jon Says,"I hope I'm not remembered for handwriting that sloppy" I am not an supporter of Israel, but if that's the best post that Jon can make about an exceptional person like Ramon best he keep it to himself. Jon Says,"I hope I'm not remembered for handwriting that sloppy"
I am not an supporter of Israel, but if that's the best post that Jon can make about an exceptional person like Ramon best he keep it to himself.

]]> By: Paul Eaton-Joneshttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/06/astronaut-diary-survives-columbia-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-35689 Paul Eaton-Jones Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:51:08 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19198#comment-35689 Very poigniant. At the risk of offending readers every space related death will have a huge impact on the public out of all proportion to what is the death of one person, or in this case seven, people. I think this is because space travel is still new and it is high visibility and it a still has the power to shock and stun us. Look how indifferent we are to the hundreds who die every day on roads across the globe. Even aeroplane crashes don't seem to move us as they once did. Two hundred years down the line such accidents will merit only a few lines in a newpaper. I'd like to think it's not because we're becoming more callous but it's just the way sh*t happens. Very poigniant. At the risk of offending readers every space related death will have a huge impact on the public out of all proportion to what is the death of one person, or in this case seven, people. I think this is because space travel is still new and it is high visibility and it a still has the power to shock and stun us. Look how indifferent we are to the hundreds who die every day on roads across the globe. Even aeroplane crashes don't seem to move us as they once did. Two hundred years down the line such accidents will merit only a few lines in a newpaper. I'd like to think it's not because we're becoming more callous but it's just the way sh*t happens.

]]> By: s0lhttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/06/astronaut-diary-survives-columbia-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-35302 s0l Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:54:09 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19198#comment-35302 Looool @ "found in Palestine, Texas"... :-)RIP to all of them. Looool @ "found in Palestine, Texas"… :-)

RIP to all of them.

]]> By: Max Faginhttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/06/astronaut-diary-survives-columbia-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-35196 Max Fagin Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:28:22 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19198#comment-35196 "There is no rational explanation for how it was recovered when most of the shuttle was not."I cringe when people use language like that. It's implying that the survival of these pages was literally an act of god.There IS a rational explanation for their recovery, and saying so doesn't reduces their sentimental importance. "There is no rational explanation for how it was recovered when most of the shuttle was not."

I cringe when people use language like that. It's implying that the survival of these pages was literally an act of god.

There IS a rational explanation for their recovery, and saying so doesn't reduces their sentimental importance.

]]> By: Jonhttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/06/astronaut-diary-survives-columbia-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-35176 Jon Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:48:56 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19198#comment-35176 I hope I'm not remembered for handwriting that sloppy. I hope I'm not remembered for handwriting that sloppy.

]]> By: dollhopfhttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/06/astronaut-diary-survives-columbia-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-35173 dollhopf Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:33:39 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19198#comment-35173 There was also a copy of a picture he took along with him, which was Petr Ginz's "Moon Landscape". Petr Ginz was murdered by my people, the German people, in 1944 in the Auschwitz concentration camp.Despite he was not religious, he insisted on kosher food during his mission. Thus he wanted to express his connection to all Jews. There was also a copy of a picture he took along with him, which was Petr Ginz's "Moon Landscape". Petr Ginz was murdered by my people, the German people, in 1944 in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Despite he was not religious, he insisted on kosher food during his mission. Thus he wanted to express his connection to all Jews.

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