[Psycho_Bunny]

I was a senior in high school when Challenger flew apart.  At the time, I just didn't feel the horrible shock that everyone else did and it took me a few days to pin down why: they were doing what they loved.  They died living their dream.

To this day I don't ever, ever feel bad for someone who dies living their dream.  "I'd rather live one day a tiger, than a hundred years a sheep."

[P-40]

They died living their dream.

Did you ever see the Garth Brooks video about that? If that does not bring a tear to your eye......there is something really wrong with you.

[beezdotcom]

They died living their dream.

Yes, that's one perspective. However, it's still a damn shame when someone dies because a stupid O-ring got cold and they couldn't wait for it to warm up - or because stupid eco-nuts argued for crappy unstable foam to replace the original foam and Columbia suffers for it.

In other words, dreams shouldn't end for stupid reasons.

[Old Student]

“To this day I don’t ever, ever feel bad for someone who dies living their dream. ‘I’d rather live one day a tiger, than a hundred years a sheep.’”

There are certainly worse ways to go. The only thing that really irritated me about the Challenger was that Christa McAullife isn’t listed as an astronaut. The ship wasn’t high enough for her to qualify.