02-01-2003, 08:45 PM
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Originally posted by Zebra
Umm.. only SEVEN astronauts on board the shuttle Columbia. If you guys are going to bitch about facts at least get the crew size right. It was travelling at 12,500MPH (Mach 18.3) at an altitude of 207,135 feet (39.2 miles).
They died doing something that they knew was dangerous. Space exploration is meant to inspire humanity. Sure, we can shoot each other and blow each other up on Earth, but think about the fact that we have 2 Americans orbiting the planet right now on the space station. We have been to the moon. We have landed machines on other planets that were built by human hands. 100 years ago man was first flying. Think of that. Where will we be in another 100 years? Space exploration is not something we have to do to survive, it is something we do to prove that humanity has purpose. It helps to justify the human spirit. Man can do many things that are easy, but doing something that is almost impossible is what defines us.
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