February 2 2003
"The conquest of space is worth the risk of
life."
Gus Grissom - Apollo Astronaut
The above photograph was taken aboard the space shuttle Columbia on 1-29-03.
A New Commitment to Space
Washington Post, DC - Senator Bill
Nelson (D-FL)
Gus Grissom understood that peril 36 years ago
when -- shortly before he and two
fellow astronauts died in the Apollo fire -- he said: "The conquest of space
...
Here are some related stories:
The Space Shuttle Must Be Stopped
TIME
... That core problem is the space shuttle
itself. For 20 years, the American
space program has been wedded to a space-shuttle system
...
Experts
probe space shuttle disaster - Suffolk
Evening Star
Future
of Space Shuttle Program Uncertain in Wake of Columbia ...
- Washington Post
Accident
raises questions about future of shuttle program, space ...
- Penn Live
Washington
Post
NASA Grounds Space Shuttle Fleet
Voice of America
The US space agency NASA has suspended all manned
space flights until it finds out
why shuttle Columbia broke apart in the sky high above the state of
Texas ...
THE
SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DISASTER - Everett
Herald
NASA
suspends space shuttle flights - The
Age
Space
shuttle's problems began on liftoff, experts say - Tri-Valley
Herald
Farewell brave explorers.
A video image of a helmet that dropped into a yard in Norwood Community, Texas from the space shuttle Columbia is seen Feb. 1, 2003
.