I remember the morning a year ago so very well. Just as I remember the morning of January 28, 1986. A year ago I was leaving the house to meet with a client in Loveland. The news had a brief story about the return of Columbia that played while I was in the shower. As I left the house the first indications of problems hit NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. On that winter morning a year ago seven astronauts from around the globe lost their lives. It would take months for NASA's leadership to admit that something could have been done to prevent the tragedy.

Perhaps this time we'll heed the lessons and the loss will not have been in vain.