[MeekOneGOP]

Today is Chinese New Year's. Ming was so sad to hear this news. So sad....

I printed off the picture of the people on the shuttle and showed to her and her son Yujing...

[Howlin]

Very sad day, too.

Isn't it nice we have FR to gather together?

[Smogger]

[arasina]

Gung he xin xi! I'm not Chinese by a long shot but I bought a Berlitz Chinese language book at the thrift shop a couple days ago and think this is an appropriate comment for Chinese New Year's?

This is so very sad. I pray for the families of the Columbia crewmembers.

[betty boop]

Today is Chinese New Year's.

And also the Jewish Sabbath. The Israeli astronaut piloted the mission against that Bahgdad nuclear reactor back in the late '80s. I don't even want to think about the speculation my fevered little brain seemingly wants to engage in right now.

Officials have been telling us they're pretty confident this catastrophe is not a terrorist event. I think that we can probably rule out the heat-tile scenario. The critical question (at this point anyway) seems to be: What caused the fatal change in flight attitude? But then we are told that the normal blackout of flight data on re-entry may mean we haven't got the means to find out.

God bless our lost crew, and may He comfort their grieving families -- and also the American and Israeli people.