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Dennis Threatens Discovery Launch Date
BitFluid writes "According to CNN.com, hurricane Dennis is casting doubt on the shuttle's July 13th launch date. From the article: 'NASA has until the end of July to send Discovery on a flight to the international space station, otherwise it must wait until September to ensure a daylight launch.' Shuttle managers decided Thursday evening to begin initial preparations to move Discovery from the pad, as the hurricane increased in intensity and headed toward the Gulf of Mexico and Florida's southern tip. NASA spokesman George Diller said, 'We're going to keep our options open. We're still trying to protect the 13th.'"
Dennis and Cindy information . I don't see why Dennis would interfere with Cape C. I think NASA is being over-cautious, as they have been for the past few years. Then again, I am obviously not a rocket scientist. Nor am I a meteorologist. Now I'm questioning why I am even making this post! :)
I have something to say. It's better to burn out than to FADE AWAY!
...the comic strip "Dennis the Menace", eh?
President George W. Bush has declared Dennis an international terrorist, guilty of violent acts in Jamaica and Cuba. In response to Dennis's threats against Kennedy Space Center he has ordered that Dennis be arrested and detained at Gitmo as an unlawful combatant indefinitely. In response to an aide's attempt to explain to Mr. Bush that Dennis was an "Act of God", Bush responsed "Well fine then, we'll go after him next."
Whew, really treading the line between -1 Troll and +5 Funny on this one.
The laws of probability forbid it!
I tell you, it's all the fault of the war between the Japanese and KGB!
It seems to me that Mother Nature is a little bit reluctant to let her children leave home and grow up
:D
Well if I, as the earth, raised a child that behaved like the human race I would be inclined to try to stop it from doing to another world what it did to me. But thats a little too conspiratorial for my tastes... No Dr. the earth is not out to get me, the earth is not out to get me...
Happy Noodle Boy says "F###ing doughnut! Mock me? You fried cyclops!!"
Not only that, but a stray rocket flying into Mexico could be disasterous for American foreign relations.
Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
I do not envy those in charge of NASA. :-/
That's ok; I'll do enough envying for the both of us.
The unofficial
don't worry, you can try to catch them again before the dupe story is posted
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Ye see a FLASK. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH, and DENNIS.
-- If you give him a trinket, he will help you... *ducks*
Try to hack my 31337 firewall!
No, no, no President Fox. We didn't accidentally shoot a rocket into Mexico. It was simply a gift for the Mexican people...delivered at high velocities!
The laws of probability forbid it!
Considering the price of milk in Hawaii is about 3 times more than the continental states, I can't imagine what the cost of rocket fuel is there.
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