TRAGEDY….The space shuttle Columbia broke up over Texas on its way to a landing in Florida today. The seven crew members were Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon.

This is just horrible news.

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