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There are no dark depths that the men of the Veritas Foundation will not penetrate in search of veritas...
There is only one dark depth on Earth that the men of Harvard will not penetrate in search of verit-ass: Wellesley...
...astronauts as explorers, sublime pioneers who push ever farther into dark and unexplored territory. We understood when Roger Chaffee, Gus Grissom and Ed White died in a fire on Apollo I’s launchpad; they were paving the way to the moon. But today, NASA’s job has become far less glamorous, even mundane; astronauts either deploy ultra-secret military satellites or deliver supplies to the international space station...
...allow dread of future nightmares to override our imaginations, tighten our purse strings, pack up NASA and keep our feet on the ground. Over the years, NASA has proved itself a successful aeronautical program that has aided scientists and theorists in learning vast amounts about what was once a dark mystery to us all. Even more importantly, fear must not cause us to turn our back on space exploration. Theirs was a voyage meant to actualize our shared dreams of knowing space. We cannot let all of our dreams slip away with these heroic astronauts. We must honor the crew...
...There are plenty of theories: it takes us back to the dark days of the Challenger disaster; it refocuses our attention on the risks, often glossed over, of any space program; it reminds us of just how simultaneously terrifying and glorious space travel must...