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[i]O Columbia will commemorate the tragic events surrounding the Columbia space shuttle in 2003. The opera will explore the Columbia's tragic fate from multiple perspectives including the control room at Houston's Johnson Space Center, a family waiting at Cape Canaveral in Florida, the astronaut crew on board the Columbia, and residents north of Houston who witnessed the fatal scene in the sky.[/i]
[i]When I first heard that the Houston Grand Opera proposed to produce an opera about the Columbia disaster, I was appalled. If HGO wanted a spaceflight opera, it would better be the moon landing of Apollo 11; or the successful story of Hubble repair; or the construction of the ISS. But not Columbia...[/i]
[i] It put space exploration in a historical context. It used the point of view of a young person aspiring to be an astronaut. There was nothing neither maudlin nor titillating. At one point there were tears among the audience. It was powerful. ...I think it will be great. You should mark your calendar and go.[/i]
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