NASA's Day of Remembrance
Photo: NASA Day of Remembrance Wreath Laying Ceremony
“NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, NASA personnel, and others, participate in a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Arlington National Cemetery. Wreathes were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.”
Statement by the President on NASA Day of Remembrance
“Today, our Nation is pursuing an ambitious path that honors these heroes, builds on their sacrifices, and promises to expand the limits of innovation as we venture farther into space than we have ever gone before. The men and women who lost their lives in the name of space exploration helped get us to this day, and it is our duty to honor them the way they would have wanted to be honored – by focusing our sights on the next horizon.”
Statement by the Charles Bolden on NASA Day of Remembrance
“In the face of our greatest accomplishments, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that each time men and women board a spacecraft, their actions carry great risk along with the opportunity for great discoveries and the chance to push the envelope of our human achievement.”
Many have given their lives, some known, some not so much (have a look at the street names at Edwards, for example).
But none touch my heart more than Apollo 1. Why? I’m not actually sure- maybe because the space effort was so young, there were so many unknowns.That day the entire effort grew up.I don’t know what kind of men they were (Chaffee, White, Grissom), but I know they were heroes: the kind of guys who need to be remembered. The kind of guys we look up to. The kind of guys who stared into the face of danger.And they lost. A factual, straight-ahead piece appears in SA here:http://blogs.scientificamer…