Appallation

"I am appalled," the administrator said ..."I am appalled by your recommendation." yet utterly correct, it soon proved to be for years anonymous, the implied accusation Challenger "slipped the surly bonds of Earth" and surely those scientific souls perished to "Touch the face of God" was said henceforth but always, in all ways, their memory cherished Roger Boisjoly*, and a few who knew the truth also, felt smacked-in-the-face by appalling as guilt and horror were revealed through proof let "only the facts speak" was the higher calling when timetables are allowed to tip the scale without regard to even more profound losses we could learn to let probable facts prevail and overrule overbearing bosses, whatever the cost is foregoing of foretelling, is unfortunately compelling © Goode Guy 2012-02-07 * pronounced: (Fr) Beaujolais http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/06/146490064/remembering-roger-boisjoly-he-tried-to-stop-shuttle-challenger-launch?ps=cprs http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=146490064&m=146483712 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster