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Shuttle Delayed Due to Cloudy Skies

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pins-and-needles dept.

PunkOfLinux writes "The shuttle won't be coming down until Tuesday, due to a decision by NASA that the weather was not good enough for re-entry. After the first two attempts, at around 4:45 and 6:25 this morning, NASA called off today's landing."

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  1. Shoulda gone Canadian by ndg123 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear they don't mind you landing in bad weather north of the border.

    1. Re:Shoulda gone Canadian by Mark+Hood · · Score: 5, Funny

      There's a saying in the airplane industry expressing that idea:

      Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

      And the second half of the saying is: "and if the 'plane can be used again, it was a GREAT landing."

      Mark

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  2. Guess I chose the wrong day by Silver+Sloth · · Score: 5, Funny

    to give up glue sniffing

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  3. Yeah, but I bet they're trying to make something u by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right now the astronauts are sitting in the shuttle, wondering when it's going to land. NASA has probably given them some B.S. story about 'technical difficultys' and passing out free headphones so the passengers can watch the crummy in flight movie.

    Hopefully, some of those astronauts will make a fuss and get their next ticket for free, or, at the very least NASA will upgrade them to 1st class when (and if) they chose to fly NASA again.

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  4. To add insult to injury.... by Monkey+Angst · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Moon People keep holding up "If you lived here, you'd be home now" signs every time the shuttle swings by.

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  5. Re:What to do? by cdrudge · · Score: 4, Funny

    Today is the day they get to shoot lots of file footage. The old stock video of them throwing a carrot across the room as a "missle", bubbles of water floating around, and running on a treadmill while nearly weightless were starting to get data. They also get to bug the commander with "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"