Professor Sacco became the 326th person to venture into space - such a small number considering the human population, yet quite an achievement for the human race. Professor Sacco laments that he may never get to experience space travel again. I have a similar feeling about my WPI experience - never being able to return to its wonderful student life again. I become of our fine institution. I graduated in 1958 in mechanical engineering, and I remember Joe teaching me how to weld.
Some people make a lasting impression, regardless of their position.
I hope there is a way to recognize Joe - perhaps by naming the shop for him, as the article suggested. If I remember him almost 40 years later, than I am sure many others do, as well. In my opinion, his impact is as important to the school as that of a wealthy donor - if not more so. While the author was careful to detail the exact steps the students took to obtain the goats, no mention was made of the fact that these students committed some pretty serious acts in doing so. I'm dismayed that a handful of students can commit such acts on the WPI campus and be heralded as reviving a tradition, especially in the name of an entire class.