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Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-looking-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA lost communication with space shuttle Columbia shortly before its scheduled landing on Saturday. It was unclear whether there were any other problems." Various news programs have been showing debris falling from the sky, and NASA has declared an emergency.Update: 02/01 15:29 GMT by H : Confirmation has come - the shuttle has broken up over Texas while coming in for landing Florida.

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  1. Not funny in any way by perfects · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know about anybody else, but if even one post about this gets modded Funny, I will walk away from SlashDot for good.

    If the posts so far are any indication of the number of Genuine Assholes who frequent this site, it's a lost cause anyway.

    This is not funny in any way.

  2. Re:I heard it by Fishstick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, _obviously_ it had to be the work of terrorists, now we just have to figure out who to bomb in response!

    Probably Iraq! ...or Afghanistan, or maybe, er... what's that other one? You know, the one with all the brown-skinned people that worship a different god? Evil, I tell you!! Evil!!

    * I'm being sarcastic. Most likely this was some kind of mechanical failure and I'm sure I'll feel really bad for the families as soon as this sinks in a little. I'm still in shock.

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    There is much cruelty in the universe, John.
    Yeah, we seem to have the tour map.

  3. Ahh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    One thing that warms my soul about Slashdot's troll community is that, no matter how profound or tragic an event is, they're at the fore keeping it real for the rest of us.

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    Aliens Make First Contact With Mankind
    Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday Aug 13, @4:22PM
    In an amazing turn of events for the hmuan race, a spacecraft landed in the middle of Iowa just over an hour ago. The three intelligent orbs of light aboard the ship have already given the world knowledge of interstellar travel, an understanding of advanced nanotechnology, and peace in the Middle East. They have promised that none shall go hungry again, that an age of plenty will be had by all, and that our only limitations in the future will be our imaginations.

    FP (Score: 0)
    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 13, @4:23PM (#32174720)
    I wonder if they've ever been inside a black hole.