The Amazing Space Race
The amazing space race. Yes, the one where we beat the mother russians...remember? Me neither. Anyway, I haven't paid too much attention to the latest space endevour, but I knew that the first launch attempt was cancelled due to a fuel gauge malfunction. Not a big deal right? Well if the fuel gauge read empty during "liftoff," the tanks would jetison off the shuttle, leaving the shuttle to fall back to the surface. Hrm... Pretty wise move to cancel.
Well, they're now in space, but guess what the gauge is still broken & they were pretty sure it wouldn't result in a big fireball over who knows what state. Lucky guess. Now I hear that during takeoff there was debris spotted falling off the shuttle. It seems as if they may have encountered the same "tile" problem that scattered the last shuttle across 4 states upon re-entry. What the heck. I was wondering what the astronauts are thinking about now... I sure wouldn't be looking forward to coming home. Where is Bruce Willis when you need him to save their NASA arses? Lemme think...he is probably with his 18 year old girlfriend... What is this world coming to???
posted by Murdoc @ 10:07 AM
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4 Comments:
dude, i can think of at least one lady that will take exception to your 18 yr. old girlfriend. you know why no one cares about space travel? because actual scientific endeavors are boring, and we're not allowed to cheer at the michael bay-like explosions due to the fact that there is real loss of life and all.
stargate sg-1 is infinitely more entertaining than the 'space shuttle' crap nasa tries to feed us
I'm looking forward to the day when a newer, better, faster, sleaker something-er-other arrives. Until then, NASA just has those broken down P.O.C. shuttles that are going to make us bite our nails over and over again.
i heard on the radio this morning that the mission leader is "surprised about the debris falling off since they had so much time to work on it" (uh, yeah) but they weren't going to let that ruin their journey. why would you let the possibility of explosion on re-entry ruin the time you have in space?
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