NASA says Columbia Rescue was Possible

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NASA says Columbia Rescue was Possible

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday May 24, 2003 @04:22AM from the hindsight-being-what-it-is dept.

nuke-alwin writes "Apparently NASA is saying that a rescue mission may have been possible for the Columbia crew. I first saw this on TV, but Chicago Sun-Times is also reporting the story. The risks would have been great, and may have endangered more astronaut's lives."

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WWKD? by Fortyseven · 2003-05-24 04:27 · Score: 5, Funny

What would Kirk do?

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1. Re:WWKD? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-24 04:31 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  beam the crew down to the planet? Then kick back and have a couple mai-tai's with some green bitch.
  
  Man, that guy had it made.
2. Re:WWKD? by Chicane-UK · 2003-05-24 04:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  He'd make a plan and he'd follow through.. thats what James T Kirk would do.
  
  Kaaaahhhhhn!!!!!!
  
  Sorry :)
  
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Non news by Evro · 2003-05-24 04:34 · Score: 4, Funny

"If we had known the thing was going to blow up, we could have sent somebody up to get them."

Uh, duh?

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1. Re:Non news by dubbreak · 2003-05-24 05:20 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Man that reminds me of a classmate in a high school math class:
  
  teacher: "Now if you turn to page 165.."
  student: "Ah man too bad it wasn't page 163, I turned right to it!!!"
  
  Geez, and if I knew i was going to be dumped i could have dumped the girl first.. oh wait I read /. I guess i did know it was coming...
  
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WARNING - MATRIX SPOILER!!! by Talisman · 2003-05-24 04:42 · Score: 4, Funny

DO NOT READ the second to last line of the last paragraph. He snuck in a Matrix spoiler.

Dirty BASTARD! I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM YET!!!!

Talisman

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Re:Associated Press leaves out the best bits by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2003-05-24 05:00 · Score: 4, Funny

patch a hole in the left wing using odds and ends, including stainless steel parts, insulation, soft tiles ripped from the side of the shuttle, an ice pack and heat resistant tape.

two or three rolls of duct-tape and it would've been as good as new.

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