What I think is the biggest shame is that launches don't receive as much media attention as they once did.

Ironicially, this was probably the only live suttle launch I have seen in the past few years. I believe it was shown on CNN, while they talked about the mission and such.

I just hope this incident dosen't cause us to run back under our rocks and stop looking upward. The Challenger incident had devistating results on our path into space. Risk is part of the job for those who work at NASA, and unfortunatly today we have to deal with the consequences of progress.