Shuttles and what quinnclub said

Ok. Just lost what I was typing, so this will be shorter.

I was in 5th grade, too, when The Challenger blew up. For many reasons that was much more traumatic.

I also think that I just have a hard time feeling a strong sense of loss and/or shock on these kinds of accidents. The past few years have numbed me- added callouses where there used to be none. I do feel badly for the astronauts and their families. For NASA who has to figure out what the hell happened and figure out what now.

oh- forgot- mild rant about euphamisms

The way I found out about Columbia was a friend from DC calling me to say that NASA "lost" the space shuttle.
Uh... lost? That made me wonder if it had wandered off into space- if NASA had let go of the leash in the park or let it go to the mall or department store without explicit instructions on where to meet after.
Anyway. It didn't get lost. We knew where it was the whole time.