Too much Bowie and CNN.
Metafilter seaping into my brain.

laurel clark: "There were roses in there, and they had been buds, and they had opened up to bloom," she said, "and it was so, so magical to have roses growing in our laboratory in space."

And now... remains have been found, with a charred NASA patch. If that thing isnt in the Smithsonian tomorrow, I will be upset.

Buzz Aldrin captured it this morning. He tried to read a poem about astronauts on television. He read these words: "As they passed from us to glory, riding fire in the sky." And tough old Buzz, steely-eyed rocket man and veteran of the moon, began to weep.