Watching some of the news coverage of the Discovery mission, I was particularly drawn to the interviews with little schoolkids. Many of them expressed an interest in someday going into space themselves, but they also expressed their feelings about the launch of John Glenn into orbit through a filter of fear. It suddenly struck me, many of these children have a first memory of the space program that involved seeing a teacher get blown to bits. Our generation, most of us have positive early memories of seeing exciting new achievements in space, the overcoming of danger, brave men and women facing new frontiers. My own first recorded memory is one of standing in front of the television, watching the first steps on the moon.