I just woke up to the news that the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded coming in for a a landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
As someone who can remember standing getting up to watch the first flight of Columbia and many subsequent flights, as someone who continues to be amazed at these machines and their crews and their ability to cross international boundaries... as someone who passionately believes in technology and is horrified when it fails... this is such a tragedy.
I remember watching the Challenger explosion when I was in high school... and I remember the feelings. Please take a few moments to remember -- the astronauts and their families, who will suffer this loss so deeply.
It doesn't really seem like a good day to talk about knitting.
