i consider them not as americans, indians, or israelis, but more, as human beings.
they were true FIRSTers, regardless of if they attended a competition (Brown) or if they had just come from the israeli air force (Ramon). their job was to further the knowledge of humanity, and while at it, increase the awareness of the world about science and technology. i know that team 810, as a NASA sponsered team and as a FIRST team, will be placing a STS-107 patch on our robot, but no flags of any nation. why? because these people weren't just from a certain nation, they were from the third planet from the sun, which we call earth.
some good, and surprising, news.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Feb2.html
hopefully NASA will be able to use this money (if it is approved) to work on a replacement for the STS, because i believe it looks like we are in dire need of one at the moment.