From: Bruce Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 28 2003 - 20:16:33 PST
Maybe you are right Paul, but I have enough nightmares left over from Nam.
I personally don't need any more.
Bruce
"Paul A. Thomas" wrote:
> > Who in their right mind would want to see the footage if it did show as
> the shuttle broke up?!?!?
>
> 1: it would allow NASA to have some idea what occurred.
> 2: Personally it would be ... heroic to see how they faced death, if in
> fact they knew they were about to die. The same can be said about soldiers:
> how they face death is at least as important as how they faced life. And
> Columbia's were the best of the best, to quote a corny phrase which
> probably was true.
>
> Movies do it a lot better than real life ( Bruce Willis, like him or not,
> in Armagedon, staying behind to detonate the nuke and save the world
> ?) The very very few examples we get in real life mean SO much more.
> IMSHO, they inspire me to make such a sacrifice if and when the need arises.
>
> Paul
>
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