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Endeavour Rolled Out As Rescue Ship

Posted by Soulskill on from the two-for-the-price-of-two dept.

stoolpigeon writes "The space shuttle Endeavour was rolled out to Launch Pad 39B yesterday. Space shuttle Atlantis is already at Launch Pad 39A, being made ready for the STS-125 mission to repair Hubble. We recently got a look at some behind-the-scenes photos for this mission. Endeavour is now in place to act as a rescue vehicle if there are any problems with Atlantis, once they are in space. This is the first time one shuttle has been prepared to act as a rescue vehicle for another. If all goes well for STS-125, Endeavour will move over to 39A to be used for STS-126."

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  1. That's confidence... by josquint · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are they expecting the thing to flameout?

  2. Rescue ship by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe they can rescue the declawed gerbil from out of your asshole.

    No it isnt a coincidence I picked a karma whore to reply to.

  3. Re:Tow Truck? by stevedmc · · Score: -1, Troll

    The mods don't like me because I have expressed in the past that I believe in God. It is called discrimination.

  4. Black Ops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There are black ops craft but they'd let a shuttle and the astronauts fail before they would admit to having them. Think about the geeewhizz factor for what rutan does, now realize the government was doing that better in the *50s*. Now realize there has never been a time where they weren't at least three generations ahead in what they admitted to having publicly. The lag for disclosure time is measured in decades.