Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1986 Page: 3 of 42
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Burleson Star, Thursday, February 6,1986—3A
The Burleson Star Poll
Shuttle tragedy is
no place to stop
BY TERRY M. EVANS
The deaths of seven astronauts
stunned Ameriea Jan 28. Like
the tragedy in Dallas in 1963, the
sight of Challenger exploding
will be a bookmark in our
memories.
Experts warn that psychologi-
cal and emotional trauma to the
millions who watched the ascent
of the orbitcr and saw the ship
and its crew devoured by a ball
of fire are very real and must be
dealt with.
Some may be comforted by
reports that the cause of the ex-
plosion has been found and can
be corrected. Blame is being
placed on one of the solid-fuel
rocket boosters and the manu-
facturer said the fuel was not
designed for use in temperatures
as low as the launch day's below-
freezing environment.
Authorities at NASA have
speculated that Columbia could
launch in June it progress of the
disaster analysis continues at the
ORID TRAMMELL
DANA DANIELS
present pace. President Reagan
has expressed that June may be
too early and demanded that all
the possibilities be worked out
before the next Americans go
into orbit.
The concern is obviously for
the human crews of future space
flights. A satellite launch, several
days before the Challenger's, also
ended in an explosion, but vir-
tually none of the American pop-
ulation knew of it until the video
tape was shown during the
Challenger coverage.
The big news before Challenger
was Voyager’s success with ex-
ploration of the fringe of our
solar system, sending back
photographs and data about
several moons we did not know
were orbiting Uranus. Consider-
ing the slate to which robotics
have developed and the relative
lack of concern when unmanned
vehicles are destroyed, The Star
was curious if people thought
space exploration is better left
to machines.
Sandra Llnch, a telemarketer,
said that unmanned space ex-
ploration is only for places where
humans cannot go. "Humans
have to be aboard the shuttles to
make the machines work because
machines can’t think through the
complicated experiments and
tasks being conducted there,"
she said
Linch said she was on her way
out o( the house Jan 28 when
her husband called her back to
the TV to watch the Challenger
launch. Both of them were ex-
cited about the Challenger
because a teacher was going up,
someone who represented the
common people When the shut-
tle exploded, we just stood there
holding each other This was
going to happen sooner or later,
I only wish my husband hadn't
called me back so I wouldn’t
have seen it live.”
The disaster should not slow
the space program down, Lmch
said 'll will be interesting to see
a space station orbiting our
planet someday soon."
A registered nurse working lor
Fort Worth Osteopathic Medical
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Center. Mary O'Neill said that
her confidence in American
technology is such that if she had
a chance she'd go up in the shut-
tle. "We can learn from this and
correct the problem.”
Letting robots do our space ex-
ploration for us would onlv delav
the inevitable, O'Neill said "It’s
important to have the human ele-
ment m space exploration
because that's our future. Man-
kind is destined tor space
travel
ll would be sad to stop when
we've come so far The excite-
ment of accomplishments in
space brings our country together.
This explosion was just a
11 uke "
Orid Trammell, an electrician
tor the City of Foil Worth, put the
disaster in almost poetic perspec-
tive "The benefits received
overall cannot justify the lives
we’ve lost, but they do justify the
risks we take. For each step we
take in space, there are risks.
When I think of them (the
Challenger seven) my heart still
hurts But should we stop driving
after we lose a loved one in a
wreck? Should doctors quit per-
forming surgery because a
patient dies on the operating
table? I think not."
Trammell said it took brave
people to get the United States as
far as it has come in space ex-
ploration and it will take braver
people to keep the program
going. "If the first wagon train
that was attacked after it crossed
the Mississippi made people stop
moving west, what would Texas
be today? 11 1 was asked to go up
m the shuttle tomorrow, I'd
go "
A Burleson High School
senior. Dana Daniels said that
abandoning the space program
or removing humans from space
exploration would be contrary to
American ideals.
“It just happened, like the
Apollo disaster,” she said, refers
ring to the deaths of three as-
tronauts when their cabin became
an inferno more than a decade
ago. "The country didn’t quit
short of knowing what was left to
know then, so we shouldn’t stop
the shuttle program short of
knowing everything it can teach
us.”
Daniels said she would not
want humans to be replaced by
machines either. "The ex-
periments and other elements of
the shuttle flights would be im-
possible without humans. I
wouldn’t expect people to spend
years in space just to count
moons (referring to Voyager)
when a machine can do that, but
a machine can’t teach a class
from space.”
Letters To The Editor
Thanks for the thought
Thank you to James Moods for
sharing his feelings for the teach-
ing profession (Monday. Feb 3).
His anisic inspired by the death
nt Christa McAuhfle was very
timely and appropriate I assure
you tiiai teachers need words like
his ai the present.
The pasi two years have been
most dill null lor teachers. They
seem to be blamed lor every ill in
oui society Thev are hanging in
there and still going the extra
miles for then students, as they
have always done, but they are
feeling the effects ol constant
criticism
Thanks again lot providing a
needed service to teachers.
Bill King
Principal, Mound Elementary
Another heard from
As Christa McAuliffe represen-
ted all teachers, 1 am certain that
I represent every teacher who
read James Moodv's article "The
Torch Bums On (Mondav,
Feb 3).
Tlte teachers needed that!
Thanks foi the positive attitude —
in print even —of our educational
system and teachers I had con-
cluded that the media had adop-
ted the governor’s and legislators'
faithlessness in us.
The article was warmly received
and promptly crowded out the
multitude ol negaliveness that
has graced our newspapers
recently. Ill tact, this article will
hold a prominent position out-
side Burleson on a bulletin
board in a teacher's lounge even
before you receive this response.
Mv co-workers need a boost,
too ,
Incidentally,
considered a
governor?
Fave McLaren
Burleson
has Mr Moody
candidacy for
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