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[robotech_master]

One of my favorite science fiction writers, John Ringo, has written an Op-Ed for the New York Post about the Columbia explosion.

But the loss of Challenger was a different time, a different age. At that time, the loss of a space shuttle was the most profound national tragedy, short of a nuclear war, that we could imagine. Billions of dollars and seven fine people gone up in flames. What waste. What a tragedy. The national mourning went on and on. Now, the first question from everyone that didn't understand the mechanics was "Is this a work of terrorism?"