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[i]"I represent the legacy of those who were lost and those who are retiring," said Husband-Thompson, whose husband died in Columbia's fiery disintegration during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003. "Now that the shuttles are being retired, it is time to bring the shuttle home," she said. "One of the shuttles belongs in Houston, where all the astronauts trained and where we lived, and where some of us passed away." Husband-Thompson, who has remarried since her first husband's death eight years ago, continues to live in the Clear Lake enclave popular with the astronaut corps. Clark told the Capitol Hill news conference the loss of Columbia and its seven-member crew was "obviously a tragic moment for us all, (but) there was one small bit of consolation in all that — the crew came back to Texas and they came home." "There's no more fitting place for a flown shuttle to come home to than Houston, Texas," Clark added.[/i]
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