We had a couple of pretty sunsets up at Duck Creek Village Monday and Tuesday. It looks like the Milford fire is heading toward the Dammeron Valley fire. Maybe they will merge and burn out. Is the whole state on fire or what? I'll be looking for smoke free skies in about a week. Debbie
From: diveboss@xmission.com Date: 2005/07/21 Thu PM 02:22:12 MDT To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Shunning the shuttle
Quoting Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com>:
Hey Hot & Smoky! You have a good point. The shuttle can't be considered a safe vehicle. Space flight is very risky. NASA experts think in terms of acceptable risk, meaning they minimize risk as much as they reasonably can. But the machine is so complex that things go wrong; also, some parts are around 20 years old. One of the NASA administrators was saying the clipper ship was the top of the line for its day but you don't see any now except for ceremonial occasions. The shuttle is due to be replaced by something better. But back to your thought: astronauts have to make their own assessments about whether they want to take the chance, weighing their family situations themselves. Many of our servicemen and women are parents, and so many have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's an all-volunteer military -- they each should have considered the possibilities when they enlisted. It's a situation where there are no easy answers. -- Joe
Right on!
Thank's Debbie for the pretty sunsets...;)
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