Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"To this day, I have this lump in my gut that says 'how did you let this happen, what should you have done to prevent this' -- and I know you feel that way, too."

Source: Johnson Space Center director Jefferson Howell at a memorial Friday for the seven astronauts lost aboard the space shuttle Columbia February 1st, 2003. It was a somber, sometimes tearful remembrance for about a thousand people at JSC. Flags at both the Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers flew at half-mast to remember Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David M. Brown, Laurel B. Clark and Israel's first man in space, Ilan Ramon.

FMI: www.nasa.gov