Paid tribute today

[maro]

to those who did'nt come back

@ Arlington National Cemetry, Section 46 near the tomb of the unknowns

[ddavis425]

I visited that during a school field trip, I have so much respect for those who risk their lives for the purpose of exploration and knowledge.

[Nikolai]

My wife has opined that the term "hero" is used too frequently, and the word has lost much of its impact as a result. I tend to agree. Not every unfortunate death means that the people who died were heroes.

But, IMNSHO, people who died because they were engaged in pushing the frontiers of man's knowledge, training themselves to a level of excellence few attain and reaching out into a place only ever visited by a very small percentage of our number... yeah, they deserve the title. They're heroes. No question.

[HockeyToad28]

I have been there. That whole place was just so humbling. My heart goes out to those who risk their life for science.