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Shuttles Grounded Once Again
PipianJ writes "After discovering that the piece of the shuttle that fell off mysteriously, not actually striking it, (as reported earlier) was a piece of foam insulation not unlike the piece that ended up in the destruction of Columbia, Yahoo News reports that NASA has once again grounded the shuttle fleet."
So how are they going to ground the one in orbit?
Does that mean Discovery is Spaced?
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
I think that Atlantis is in need of a new Zero Point Module before it can be used for any rescue missions.
(*Damn* I hate that show.)
I see it! I see it! http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/TECH/space/07/27/space .shuttle/top.shuttle.debris.jpg
See that red arrow? THAT'S what hit the shuttle!
I see it! I see it! See that red arrow? THAT'S what hit the shuttle!
This is why I always use blue arrows. Red arrows are dangerous.
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We're looking with eyes, cameras, satellites, lasers, sensors, robotic arms
<slap> You look with your eyes, cameras, satellites and lasers, not your robotic hands! And you can put your sensor away too!
Ok Einstein, exactly how do you intend to get this non-stick coated paint to stick to the external tank? ;)
Jokes about the shuttle fleet being grounded while one is on orbit aside But I ... was just about to .. then you ... and I ...
You preempted my clever +5 Funny -- which I was all about to post with a high degree of self satisfaction -- in the first CLAUSE of your comment, DAMN YOU DAVE SCHROEDER, DAMN YOUUU!
Give the rest of us a chance at some karma, wouldja? ... I told them not to touch the red stapler ... then on Slashdot ... said to put the joke aside ... aside, I tell you ... going to burn down the server ...
Need A Shuttle Alternative
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Yeah, as fragile as empty eggshells being hit by a pellet gun. I'm sure velocity has nothing to do with it.
Ya, ze my comrade you do not know ze fun of wearing ze fur hats! Thay are soo warm and toasty, and mine is laden with ze tin foil!
Ah, and you having "rocket problems" bah! Back in ze old soviet union, we didn't have spacesuits, ve had raincoats! And ve liked it too on the extended spacewalks!
...In Soviet Russia, the Buran fleet grounds you!
"42"
5.3 VFI... (VERY Fuckin' Informative)
5.5 WFI... (Wayy Fuckin' Informative)
5.7 TFI... (Tooo Fuckin' Informative)
5.9 YBA... (Yo' Brains'll Asplode)
... is that the average slashdot poster is not as smart as a rocket scientist. :p
You would do it exactly like how you stick teflon to the frying pan, of course. ;)
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If they cannot land the shuttle there's always the Space Station. This would mean up to seven new astronauts/cosmonauts in addition to the two already stationed there. In which case they'd run out of food and other resources pretty quick. The Russians would have to launch a Soyez to send provisions until they figure out how to get off that island.
"Now sit right back
and you'll hear a tale,
the tale of a fateful trip
That started from Cape Canaveral
abord this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailerman
the skipper brave and sure
five passengers set sail that day
on a nine day tour
***
The weather was impeccable
but the insulation foam was lost
if not for the courage of slash dot chat
the Discovery would be lost..."
***
The crew set foot on the ISS
a small galactic isle....
[...what comes next?!]
What research was the shuttle advancing?
... whether they succeed or not (to use your words). So what's the difference?
Your paranoid partisan foaming aside, Bush has asked NASA to look beyond fucking around in low earth orbit from now until eternity, and switched funding from a program which even its most ardent supporters have trouble justifying to programs which will at least help explore our fucking solar system.
But good work combining all the touchstones of the drooling Slashdot moron (Bush=evil, defense spending=evil, and planet=dying) into one incoherent ignorant incomprehensible rant which makes zero sense but gets modded insightful in the echo chamber.
By the way, fucktard, you do realize that a lot of R&D grants (or awards, as you might term them) go to programs which get their millions
In summary, please sterilize yourself to prevent passing on your massively negative IQ to future generations. For the love of the species, and the planet.
Poor NASA scientists getting treated like 5 year olds...
Scientists: But mom it was an accident!
NASA Mom: I don't care, you are grounded!
Scientists: But my friends are in SpaceLand!
NASA Mom: Well as soon as your friends get back they are getting grounded too.
while we're at it, why don't we simply ditch the foam in favor of an 8th crew member, sorceress class of course, repeatedly casting level 30 blizzard?
I just found the box to change my sig. Um.... [timeless witticism].
Jeez, all they need is some duct tape. Wrap that sucker up and see how much foam falls.
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