... man may brag of his science and skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make; nevertheless, by the continual repetition of these very impressions, man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea which aboriginally belongs to it.
Melville
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We will all meet a circumstance we cannot overcome. Whether Shuttle, Concorde, or 747. We all go forth against the elements of weather, the machine and the system every time we lower the boats. The crew did the best they could and I think it better to die doing that which you love than under the terrible circumstance of old age.
All sympathy for the crew and their loved ones. Fly west, as we all shall in the end.