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ISS Expedition 9 Crew Finally Returns to Earth
neutron_p writes "International Space Station Expedition 9 crewmembers, Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke landed on target in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 8:36 p.m. EDT Saturday after 188 days in space."
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That's almost as impressive as surviving a flight from New York to LA... in fact, I think they might even have been allowed a knife and fork for their inflight meal... ;)
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GNAA declares victory over Wikipedia
Zeikfried - Associated Press, Nigeria
In a week which shall be recorded in Wikipedia infamy (and then vandalized and redirected to clitoris), the oft persecuted and never defeated internet missionaries of the Gay Nigger Association of America struck yet another powerful and telling blow against the powerful forces of bigotry and racism. Most notably, the growing zionist community on renowned internet pissing yard wikipedia.org.
And the records have indeed tumbled, with an unheard of third successful survival from the digital shitheap that is "Votes For Deletion". Coming in spite a heinous act of self promotion and cyber terrorism by Pat Gunn/Improv (formerly known as Aharon Meshenstein prior to his infiltration of the United States), who listed and inspired mob vandalism upon the GNAA's entry.
Fresh from his promotion of Wikipedia's $50,000 fundraiser for arms and supplies to the Jewish state of Israel, Improv launched a series of unprovoked and slanderous attacks against the well loved organisations leadership, all the while using foul and unholy necromancies to enlist the dead themselves to vote the entries deletion. Names such as "Wolfman" and "Demonslave" only adding to the damning list of evidence linking Mr Gunn to the occult.
Though Improv's actions gained him a small majority, a shock last minute intervention from Pope John Paul II spared the pages untimely fate, although as yet unconfirmed reports have indicated that several hundred 8-year old negro children were driven to the Basilica to secure the pontiffs support. Others point towards the black curse cast upon the deletion campaign by the support of infamous Brawl Hall mouthpiece "Yoyo" as the main driving force behind the salvation of the aforementioned entry.
But the details are likely to cause few sleepless nights among the group, only one of whom was willing to speak to the press. Namely GNAA Wikipedia contributor Popeye, who interrupted his drawing of pornography to give a brief dismissal the controversy: "Even with Improv's shady dealings, the sheer size and girth of a swollen GNAA phallus enables it both an identity and a vote of it's own. Making such discussion moot".
About Wikipedia:
Wikipedia, a content-free encyclopedia in many languages, started life in January 2001 and has already risen to the status of the internets premiere "trollpedia".
Currently Wikipedia contains 363950 articles, 10032 of which are genuine, and 343 of them factually accurate. Leaving Wikipedia on an academic par with "Star Wars: Incredible Cross-sections: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Vehicles and Spacecraft" and "My First Book of Animals from A to Z".
About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.
Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?
If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATI
Blaming GW Bush for the Iraq war is like blaming Ronald McDonald for the poor quality of food.
Gotta make room for more trash up there!
By the way, why would a NASA guy ever agree to go down in a Soyuz capsule? Did it occur to him his trip might be a little faster than normal?
And their words "on target" is obviously evidence of Russia's impending invasion of the Steppes of Kazachastan.
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It has been heard that uncle John has come back from a trip to the see today at 5PM.
First congradulations and glad you are back safe. However I am curious as to their state of health. Space has no gravity, and the environment provides little resistence for your muscles. I remember reading somewhere that your muscles literally waste away from lack of use in space. Since they spent a lengthy time up in space, how are they finding the adjustment to earth gravity again? Is this health issue a barrier to long space flight?
The only possible reason for keeping the ISS afloat is to provide an excuse for funding Russia's once stellar space program. Here funding means Americans funding the Russian space program.
Yet, there is no need for this nonsense. We can and should help the Russians in a much more substantial way. We should divide all our investments of money and technology away from China and into Eastern Europe and Russia. Both the Eastern Europeans and the Russians are committed to Westernization, and we have an interest in helping them.
By constrast, the Chinese (including the Taiwanese and the Hong Kongers) oppose Westernization.
I guess it is good to be back. Now, they must get used to Earth again. I wonder if the 4 hours of exercise per day they must do in orbit is enough for them to walk on Earth without feeling exausted.
You're funding the Russian space program because NASA is utterly incapabale of finding its own asshole, much less lauching rockets into space.
I know that you find this jarring to your "national pride", but fact is that your own space program is bankrupt and outdated by several decades. You don't have much choice here -- either pay us or stay at home on earth.
As for NASA's "mars program", I find it utterly laughable. With the state of space "technology" the U.S. is capable of producing, sending men to Mars is about as realistic as sending them to Alpha Centauri.
You might as well go back to dreaming of the IIS Enterprise while your country is rapidly turning into a shithole incapable of sustaining human life.
They said that the new crew is getting ready for the first Shuttle visit since the accident. I'm glad the shuttle will be flying again.
the 'free ipods' link is a scam and should be modded down
Unfortunately, your comment is 100% factually false.
Pls die thx.
However, if you meant to imply that the U.S. is some sort of pioneer in space and computer technology, then you are an complete idiot.
George W. Bush: We are planning the first man missioned to the sun.
Reporter: Won't the ship burn up?
GWB: No, it's OK- we're going at night.
I think its easier to say Durka-Durkastan... :)
(go see Team America to get the joke)
Brazil launched its first successful rocket Saturday from their Alcantarao base in Maranhao. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3948531.stm The two stage rocket, VSB-30, reached a maximum height of 250 km Good to see their program getting back on its feet after last years disaster http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/brazil_failur e_030822.htm which killed 21 of their top people
Watashi wa chikyubutsurigakusha desu.
I would like to know if these guys did anything worthwhile other than float around and consume resources? I would love to see a comparison of the number of high impact journal papers (Science, Nature, Physics Review Letters...) produced by the Hubble telescope and the International Space Station.
If you're talking about computer tech -- almost all of the pioneering technology has been developed in Britain. If we're talking about continental Europe, computer technology first appeared in Russia.
The U.S. is not even a player -- all U.S. so-called "technology" is basically cheap clones of British inventions. You were always second place.
I won't even comment on space tech; the U.S. has been playing catch-up for the last 60 years, and with time the disparity grows even larger.
P.S. I don't know about you, but I, personally, am typing away on a Taiwan-designed, China-produced machine. Seems like your slant-eyed neighbours are more successful than you at cloning British inventions.
So, I guess "real" cutting-edge of research is dreaming in your basement of Star Wars launching Americans to Mars. (Ignoring the fact that the U.S. has now lost any ability to launch something into orbit, nevermind going to Mars...)
Forget it, your space program is dead. It exists no more -- what's left is just a pale shadow busily providing an unending source of cickbacks for the Bush clan.
I was following the story of the malfunctioning oxygen generator, and how the ISS crew was working around it by using up the reserve O2 supply. Then, the story fell out of sight.
Did they ever fix it? Or at least discover why it wasn't working? Dunno 'bout you, but I'd sure feel less than safe going to a station with low reserves and no working air supply. I'd hate to be there, depending on NASA getting their act together for a replacement generator for my survival.
Lemon curry?