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[somedaybitch]

uisceboo reminds of the 40th anniversary of the loss of Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. she links to a great article.

Apollo 1 "was a difficult time," he said. "We might have given up after that. We might have said it was too dangerous, not worth the lives of brave Americans."

But echoing Apollo 13 mission control director Gene Krantz's mantra, "Failure is not an option," Gerstenmaier concluded, "Failure of imagination is not acceptable."

we wouldn't be here without it.