In the wake of the Columbia tragedy, many are questioning the wisdom and necessity of NASA's manned-space-flight program. What do you think?

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  Those astronauts did not die in vain. They gave their lives so that mankind could have cool footage of people floating upside-down in fully automated capsules.

  Maria Fortis
  Librarian

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  Imagine all the good that could be done if we took those billions of dollars we're spending on NASA and gave it to the military.

  Kenneth King
  Systems Analyst

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  The space program should be scrapped. Fourteen deaths in 20 years? Imagine seeing those kinds of statistics in, say, the trucking industry.

  Bill Kuntz
  Auto Mechanic

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  If man were meant to fly in outer space, God would have given him a brain capable of figuring out the mathematics and physics necessary to do so.

  Sheryl Auburn
  Homemaker

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  Don't you think Bush is taking this whole wanting-to-be-Reagan thing a little far?

  Marcus Edwards
  Civil Engineer