"To these and all the rest who died paving our road to the
stars, we pay due respects this week, and each year at this time
...and in their names, we continue on that road--for doing otherwise
would be a desecration of their supreme sacrifice. That people like
these, even after these disasters, still freely choose to strap
themselves onto what is basically a gigantic flying bomb and hurl
themselves into the airless, freezing void for all our sakes is
still astonishing and awe-inspiring to me...and I know God-damned
good and well I'm not the only one." --
thatcrazycajun,
2008-02-01