Terribly sad day, following the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew.
When the Challenger exploded in 1986, we realised that we had been taking technology for granted, and it hit home - maybe for the first time - that what appears routine is actually a highly perilous endeavour, with - at its heart - a deep human cost.
As we rush seemingly headlong towards war, maybe this is the moment to stop and reflect on a comment made by Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, who was lost yesterday; when he said that from space the world is so small it's hard to tell where one country ends and another begins.
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When the Challenger exploded in 1986, we realised that we had been taking technology for granted, and it hit home - maybe for the first time - that what appears routine is actually a highly perilous endeavour, with - at its heart - a deep human cost.
As we rush seemingly headlong towards war, maybe this is the moment to stop and reflect on a comment made by Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, who was lost yesterday; when he said that from space the world is so small it's hard to tell where one country ends and another begins.
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