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NASA's Atlantis Ready For June 8 Launch

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-in-action dept.

lifuchi writes "The guys and girls at NASA are at it again with Atlantis. The newly repaired space shuttle is set launch on June 8. The hail-damaged fuel tank has been repaired and is said to be a bit of an eyesore. Zee News is quoted as saying, 'Instead of being a uniform orange, it has a patchwork of white spots where technicians sprayed, scraped and filled fresh foam into the more than 4200 areas that were damaged during a freak hailstorm in February.'"

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  1. So a can of orange paint was out of the budget by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hmm, doesn't exactly fill you with confidence does it.

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    1. Re:So a can of orange paint was out of the budget by OverlordQ · · Score: 1, Funny

      Huh, I always remembered hearing that they stopped painting it due to releasing some chemicals into the atmosphere when it burned up upon re-entry.

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  2. Orange! by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Instead of being a uniform orange, it has a patchwork of white spots where technicians sprayed, scraped and filled fresh foam into the more than 4200 areas that were damaged during a freak hailstorm in February.

    Oh no! Stop the engines, damn it, and don't even think of thinking of going anywhere with that non-uniform orange fuel tank! We don't want to be embarassed in front of the perfectly uniform green aliens we know absolutely nothing about and forget what I just said.

    -- NASA guy in a black suit

  3. The phrase by Professr3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "overfilled twinkie" comes to mind...

  4. Re:What the hell... by Timesprout · · Score: 2, Funny

    Get them off the ground... get them in space and do it safely and as cheaply as possible (so they can do it more often). Leave fashion and style for the paris hilton's of the world. mmm-kay?
    OK Paris, sound advise there for NASA. Any chance of some more girl on girl action pics from your stint in the slammer?
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  5. Nasa needs to... by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have someone paint giant band-aid images all over the tank.

    Just to scare the crap out of the know nothings out there in the country that would be freaked out about the foam repairs.

    Maybe add a dixie flag to the top of the shuttle and paint 01 on the sides, that would make it complete.

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