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Prsident Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the somehow-I-almost-believe-this-one dept.

CDQZ writes "US President George W Bush declared today that he had signed a rare presidential decree canceling any further expenditure of Federal funds on the US Space Shuttle program."

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  1. I'm not quite sure how .... by isometrick · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... but ... is this really the frist post? Wow.

  2. Its a conspirices! by SWTP_OS9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Art Bell cover this last week along with Richard C Hoglan. Yea the monument of Mars guy.

    This the so called problems with the Space Station and the Hubble being forced off line. Its to hid the fact that Planet X is comming next month to smash into the Earth. Wiping out everthing!

    They want to use the remining shuttles as escape pod for key memebers of the goverment.

    Kind of Ta Ta! And thanks you for the Fish!

  3. This is obviously an April Fools' by MrEd · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the Bush Administration cancelled the space shuttle program, they'd do it by passing a "Space Access Freedom Act". Except it would be better named, and would work out to an acronym of SUPER or SPACETACULAR or STARS or something like that.

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    Wah!

  4. along the same lines by studoug · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Astronomy Picture of the Day site http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html is about breaking news the water has been found on mars.

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    1. Re:along the same lines by Your+Pal+Dave · · Score: 2, Funny

      Thanks for the link, but, next year, if they do something regarding Uranus, I don't think I want to know about it.

  5. Re:apart from today's date by MyLongNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe there stupid enough to do it anyway....

    Anyone else see the irony?

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