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Not a bad question.
I think that, for many people, it seems like this is one more horrible thing on top of all of the other bad things that have happened to America in the last couple of years. The 2000 election, the economy, 9/11, Enron, the coming attacks on Iraq, Pete Townsend and Peewee Herman getting arrested for child porn, etc.
For me personally, I am saddened both by the loss of life and also by the possibility that this will slow down the space program or give some stupid people an excuse to try to shut it down altogether. I would like to see a man on Mars in my lifetime. The odds are that it won't happen, and this accident probably makes the chances even lower.
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