January 28, 1986 and 1996

January 28, 1986 and 1996 is a Poem by Robert G Parent, which I wrote in 1996 in memory of the Shuttle Challenger explosion.  I remember thinking at the time as it went up before it exploded, "I wish that I was up there."  Space exploration is dangerous but it is a necessity.  If we don't expand among the stars we may wind up like the dinosaurs.

Robert G Parent