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Ilan Ramon: Gone, But Not Forgotten

Ze'ev Orenstein

As we watched the space shuttle Discovery successfully launch and land, we were reminded of the tragedy of the previous NASA trip into outer space. In Ilan Ramon: Gone, But Not Forgotten, Ze'ev Orenstein responds to the death of a hero to both Jews and the world–the first Israeli astronaut.

Two and a half years. That's how long it's been since that sunny, February afternoon, when the Columbia shuttle, carrying Ilan Ramon, Israel's 1st astronaut, returned to Earth in glorious streaks of light, where if not for the tragedy that those streaks represented, could have been amongst the most beautiful sights ever witnessed by the human eye. With yesterday's successful launching of the Discovery shuttle, a new day has dawned for the US space program, and the memory of those lost on the ill fated Columbia shuttle mission have finally been put to rest.

Or have they?



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