In Memoriam Of

In lieu of posting another Blog that is being prepared, I thought it only fitting that we dedicate this Blog to the people who worked at Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex at Fort Irwin who were killed so tragically yesterday... and to those who died exactly one year prior. Our condolences go to their families and colleagues in this, their hour of grief.

We busy ourselves here with seeking after knowledge and Truth in relation to scientific endeavor and exploration. We study and expound on the works of the great names associated in these fields, we ponder about their lives and their motivations and, for some, we elevate them in our thinking to a status far above that of every-day humans, oft-times to the level of worship. How often, though, do the people who worked behind the scenes go unmentioned, their work gone unremarked upon...yet who knows that their labors chisled the bedrock which became the foundation of great theories and learning.

As I read the names of those souls lost, I see none I recognize. I know not what function they served or if their contributions will ever gain honorable mention in the annals of science. But I do imagine that they spent anxious hours at some task and that they took pride in what they did, knowing that it served to add to a grand body of knowledge with an even grander and noble purpose.

May they be remembered with honor and with love and with our thanks.