The space shuttle Columbia just fell out of the sky like a falling star...somewhere over the Lone Star State.  I pray that no one on the ground has been hurt by the debris.

God bless the brave crew who lived and worked...and died...together.

(a small reflection appended later:)

Let's remember them nobly and take to heart the fact that even the most gloriously-envisioned 'missions' are always with risk and liable of going tragically wrong.  And that would also include military 'missions' such as are being currently developed with regards to Saddam in Iraq.