ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (01/31/86)
Here is part of a letter I mailed to NASA. In it I suggest one way to help us all heal, recover, and go on. If you also like the idea, it might help to write such a letter yourself. > I share your shock, anguish, and concern over the recent > Shuttle tragedy. Mere words cannot convey my grief. > > The manned space program will -- must -- continue. I suggest > an appropriate way to help return it to normal. When the very > next Shuttle mission reaches orbit, the crew should perform a > memorial service and burial in space. If remains are found, the > scattering of ashes in orbit will be a fitting tribute to those > who lost their lives, and a suitable close to this terrible > chapter in the story of mankind's journey out to the stars. > > The burial would actually involve the release of a small > capsule, containing cremated remains of the crew or the > Challenger. Its orbit will eventually decay, and it will > re-enter the atmosphere as a suitable funeral pyre for the > pioneers of space development. > > As this idea occurred to me, it must surely have crossed the > minds of NASA leaders. Please convey this letter to the > appropriate people to show my support for such a ceremony. If > possible, I would appreciate a response indicating if my > suggestion can become a reality. If I do receive a response, I'll share it with you. Alan Silverstein
mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR) (02/07/86)
In article <13900008@hpfcla.UUCP> ajs@hpfcla.UUCP writes: >Here is part of a letter I mailed to NASA. In it I suggest one way to >help us all heal, recover, and go on. If you also like the idea, it >might help to write such a letter yourself. > > I share your shock, anguish, and concern over the recent > Shuttle tragedy. Mere words cannot convey my grief. > > The manned space program will -- must -- continue. I suggest > an appropriate way to help return it to normal. When the very > next Shuttle mission reaches orbit, the crew should perform a > memorial service and burial in space. If remains are found, the > scattering of ashes in orbit will be a fitting tribute to those > who lost their lives, and a suitable close to this terrible > chapter in the story of mankind's journey out to the stars. > > >Alan Silverstein Don't you think the astronauts' families should have something to say about it?