MER rovers carry WTC debris piece on Mars

kucharek · #1 (**permalink**) 08-November-2004, 10:23 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/sc...c55b27760922a2

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There is also a more tangible piece of New York on Mars. On each rover, a curved piece of metal the size of a credit card and adorned with the American flag was cut out of debris from the World Trade Center.

The Honeybee engineers obtained a box of twisted metal from the city. Mr. Bartlett recalled the smell - "that acrid electrical fire smell" - when they opened it.

Tom Myrick, Honeybee's chief engineer, flew down to Texas with a piece of aluminum from the box. At the machine shop they employ there, the metal was turned into shields to protect cables on the drilling mechanisms.

Until now, that knowledge has remained within the mission team.

"It was intended to be a quiet tribute," Mr. Gorevan said. "Enough time has passed. We want the families to know."

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/galle...P2547L5M1.HTML

mickal555 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-November-2004, 10:29 AM

Humphrey · #3 (**permalink**) 08-November-2004, 02:28 PM

I understand the symbolism behind it, but i think you can take memorials to far. Sometimes its good to move on.

You also get the "what about me?" attitude some other survivors can have. Victims of other terrorist attacks and deaths due to terrorist activites rightfully can ask why they are being overshadowed by this one event. Yes it had more deaths than many other terroist attacks combined, but that should not matter. A attack with a single death should be taken in the same light as a thousand. Its still a attack on the country of that citizen, not the citizen itself.

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