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Shuttle Launch Postponed To July 4th

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the very-patriotic dept.

mkosmo writes "NASA has yet again delayed Space Shuttle Discovery from launching due to growing weather conditions. Next launch attempt is the afternoon of the 4th of July." From the article: "Windows of opportunity are determined by the path of the orbiting international space station, the shuttle's destination. With each passing day, the time for a launch gets earlier by 22-1/2 minutes. That could be good news for NASA because summer thunderstorms are less likely to be a problem earlier in the day."

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  1. Tempting Fate by dsraistlin · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like fireworks and all but is this not just tempting fate as across the US lots of small rockets will be launched for our enjoyment as we wait and watch them explode.

    1. Re:Tempting Fate by bcat24 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ah, but it's a way to appease fate, not tempt it. All the little rockets are a sacrifice to the God of Explosions. They make it safe for the Big Rocket to launch.

    2. Re:Tempting Fate by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's why I take a bomb along on ever flight. There's never been a recorded case of two bombs being on the same flight.

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  2. Not A Dupe! by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 3, Funny

    It would be funny, though, considering that it would be Zonk duping himself. =)

    Anyways, they should delay all that they need to and not take any undue risks. We need another shuttle tragedy like someone named GothChick1989 needs another piercing.

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    It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
  3. Re:In Soviet USA, Shuttles launch you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... they couldn't right with a pen ...

    Learn English.

  4. Re:Lets just hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Lets just hope there arn't any billion dollar firework displays

    I saw the phrase "Windows of opportunity" and thought "Those poor astronauts are headed big blue screen up above."

  5. If the lightning don't get ya.... by tetrahedrassface · · Score: 4, Funny
    "....due to growing weather conditions"
    This just in.. Weather conditions are growing all over the world. Visual, and radar data combined with realtime satellite imagery have proven without a doubt that weather is growing! Scientists have so far been unable to explain why the weather is growing however recent CERN experiments have concluded that if left unchecked weather will soon sweep the entire planet@!

    Save Yourselves!

  6. Damn! by TemplesA · · Score: 1, Funny

    Another two days I can't change my background. Come on, give me a few new good pictures...

  7. Re:Morning vs afternoon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Nothing like being woken up at 5 am to a power outage."

    Huh? Do you have a diesel generator somehow attached to your local power grid so that it knows when the power goes out, starts itself up, then generates power for one of those tornado warning sirens (you know, just to keep the neighbors guessing) and fires up the 8,000,000 candle-power spotlight in strobe(!) mode aimed directly at your window? Or what's the deal?