It's that time of year...

...when all the space geeks around the world bow their heads in remembrance of the 3 crews that have died in the name of space exploration. A little spooky that all 3 accidents happened within 5 days of each other on the calendar, which prompted NASA to lump them into a single event. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, read here if you like. Even CNN got in the "spirit" with a short video, and nasa.gov has their usual coverage on their site.
Anyway, i guess people remember these things in their own way. this year mine is typing this. personally, i keep pictures of all 3 crews near my desks, to always remind me that laziness and shortcuts, as well as being plain old stupid, can cost lives if you work in an unforgiving field.

You will all hear more about Challenger this summer, as the teacher who was Christa Mcauliffe's back-up is scheduled to fly this summer. Well, you'll hear about it if it is a slow news day.

Ad Astra, per Aspera.