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NASA Clears Shuttle Atlantis for Sunday Launch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the final-countdown dept.

Davemania writes "This Sunday, NASA will resume the reconstruction of the International Space Station with the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. NASA predicts a 60% chance that the weather will hold but will be keeping their eye at Tropical Storm Ernesto. The six-astronaut crew is tasked with deploying two large solar arrays and integrating the port 3/port 4 truss segment. As usual, the live launch can be seen on NASA TV."

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  1. Atlantis? by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 1, Troll

    Space shuttle "Antlantis" doesn't exactly fill me with confidence - I mean, why not just go with "Space Shuttle sinking continent" or "Space Shuttle doomed civilization"

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  2. It's not named after the continent. by krell · · Score: 0, Troll

    They might as well call it "Space shuttle soon to be cancelled Stargate spinoff"

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  3. Re:Good luck! by krell · · Score: 1, Troll

    I was thinking more in terms of an AYB reference. Sound OK with you?

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  4. Say your Prayers by queenb**ch · · Score: -1, Troll

    I was hoping that they'd have this whole foam thing resolved before launching another one. I just hope that they say their prayers before they launch.

    2 cents,

    QueenB

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