Commanche7 and family,
Thanks for your thoughtful sentiments. Today I heard more than a few people comment that the loss of seven people was no big deal, and that the money spent by NASA should be spent on something more useful like social programs. Imagine the complaints we'd here from the same people if we took away the technology and medical knowledge gained from the space program. They are missing the nobility attached to those willing to risk their lives to travel in space. The astronauts are indeed explorers, and the frontier is still untamed. One day the masses with simpler dreams will follow in their footsteps, and take little notice of the monuments erected to those who first blazed the trail. Regards to all, Tom