Shuttle Launch Postponed To July 4th

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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Conspiracy?

[JWSmythe]

I don't know why this seems to stink to me, but...

    For those that don't know, on my site, we run a lot of news. Even I miss a few of the finer points, but sometimes things come together a little too well, and are way too obvious.

    Recently, an ex-CIA analyst warned that he believes there will be a "terrorist" event in June or July of this year. The event will be blamed on the al-Qaeda. It will actually be an event created by the CIA (or more importantly, bad faction of them).

    So, guys at NASA are screaming "don't launch, we aren't ready", but the administration is pushing it. July 2 was scrubbed due to weather.

    July 4th. If a terrorist was to strike against America, wanting to hurt us emotionally, wouldn't that seem like a prime date? Everyone remembers September 11th, and it won't be forgotten anytime soon. If there was a July 4th attack, who could celebrate it after that??

    July 4th also has a few wonderful things to cover terrorist activity. To a civilian, what's the difference between a firework or a larger rocket powere projectile being fired? I know to me, the morter style fireworks sound like what I'd expect a military morter to sound like, only a bit quieter.

    Why would the government do this? Because the people become outraged that someone could do something against America, and demand action. They'll in turn give the government power to do anything they need (or want) to accomplish it. Look at 9/11, the government was given the power to effectively destroy two other countries, in the name of stopping "terrorism". We're coming up on campaign season, and the Republican administration knows that they're really hurting right now, and don't have much of a chance of keeping their power.

    If something did happen to the shuttle, I guarantee it would be attributed to a terrorist attack.

    I believe the ex-CIA analyst who reported his suspicion did so with the hopes that if there was a government plan to do something, they wouldn't.

    I really hope nothing happens. That's all this country needs is another decade or two of suspicions on how bad the government can really be.

    Ok, return with your flames now.