The streets of Tel Aviv– the birthplace of Ilan Ramon– are unusually quiet today. People talk in hushed tones. The weather is warm and bright, but feels overcast.
Addendum: I wrote the preceding from a Dizeingoff Center Internet cafe. Afterwards, I went outside to grab a falafel. As I sat there, the skies went from bright [...]
Archive > February 2003
The streets of Tel Aviv
Columbia
In the past 42 years of space flights, NASA had only two fatal catastrophes. Apollo I suffered a fire on the launch pad on Januay 27, 1967, killing the three crew members aboard. Nineteen years and a day later, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 minutes after take-off, killing all seven, [...]
