Mattnyc99 writes "This next week marks the jubilee of three sad days in NASA's history: three astronauts died in a capsule fire testing for Apollo 1 exactly 42 years ago today, then the Challenger went down 23 years ago tomorrow, followed by the u.s. disaster six years ago this Super Bowl Sunday. Amidst all this sadness, though, too many average Americans take our space program for granted. Amidst reconsiderations of NASA priorities from the Obama camp as the Shuttle nears retirement, then, the incandescent writer Chris Jones offers a great first-hand account in the new issue of Esquire — an burning bicker against the impending end of our manned space program. In which camp do you fall: mourner or rocketeer?"

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