Thoughts on the Columbia Space Shuttle Tragedy

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The ECHO Project collects and preserves the important moments in the history of science and technology, including space travel, as they happen. Please contribute your sentiments and memories to posterity. Contributions will be permanently archived and made accessible to future generations.

What were your thoughts and feelings when you heard that Columbia was lost?

If you are old enough to remember, please compare your responses to other important moments in space travel like the Challenger disaster and the moon walk.

Have your views of space travel changed over time?

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