Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Wubbo Ockels
Born: March 28, 1946
Died: May 18, 2014 (aged 68)
Bio: Wubbo Johannes Ockels was a Dutch physicist and an astronaut of the European Space Agency. In 1985 he participated in a flight on the space shuttle Challenger, STS-61-A, making him the first Dutch citizen in space.