sheer potentiality

As you probably know, this morning, the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed as it reentered the Earth’s atmosphere and descended to land. All seven crew members are dead, including Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon. Columbia was the first fully operational shuttle built. Her first flight was STS-1 on April 12, 1981. The photograph on the opening page of philwelch.net is of that historic launch.

It is in memory of Columbia and her crew that I am, for a short time, dedicating this website. Not only to them, but to the ideals of discovery and exploration that they stand for, and for the ideals that those brave seven died for this morning.

Tags: columbia, space, space shuttle

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