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Dear all, All the cynicism I have about NASA's space travel program (military payloads, colonization of space, a luxury for science when other human issues are far more pressing) was set aside (at least temporarily) when Kalpana Chawla, Ph.d., spoke at the Indo-American Seniors Center function at Santa Clara University a few years ago. She was inspiring, unassuming, untouched by fame, truly a heroine. I asked Ms. Chawla if I had a child (I was unmarried then) I would wish her to tell my child that one can aspire to and become anything in life using her own life as an example. She said space was more than opportunity, it was fun. And she went on to add, that she would look down from space to see India and find no boundaries. When she returned to earth, she noticed how so many boundaries surfaced. I suspect she has told that story many times to many people. It is worth remembering now, as she has returned to eternity in this tragic loss of the space shuttle. See bio at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chawla.html Regards, George __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
