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Discovery Lands in Florida

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the return-to-terra-firma dept.

duh P3rf3ss3r writes "As reported by the BBC, the space shuttle Discovery safely landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2232 GMT. Discovery's 13-day mission is being called a success after astronauts undertook four space walks to install new wiring and to do battle with a recalcitrant solar panel. The next scheduled flight is the Atlantis shuttle in March. A video chronicle of the mission, including the landing, is available at NASA's video gallery."

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  1. ugh by theMerovingian · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    They can put a crew up in space, but in order to watch a clip of the landing you have to download the newest RealPlayer... /sigh

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  2. HEY SPACE GEEKS, QUIT WASTING MY TAX DOLLARS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Space geeks waste billions of dollars each year to live out their Star Trek fantasies. Time to cut off their money and spend it on someone more worthwhile. Sea exploration would yield far more benefit than space exploration. Maybe we should even consider NOT cutting social security benefits each year instead of paying for garbage like the Iraq war and useless trips into space.