Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Space Shuttle Atlantis Will Carry Basketballs Into Space

Posted by samzenpus on from the meaningless-publicity-stunt dept.

Having figured out everything there is to know about space, and being huge fans of Space Jam, NASA has left some of their sciencey stuff behind and made room for a pair of basketballs on the Space Shuttle Atlantis. One of the balls comes courtesy of The Harlem Globetrotters, and the other is on loan from the University of Chicago. It was used by Edwin Hubble in a 1909 victory against Indiana University. "It is only fitting that the team that has seen more of the world than any other in history would have a presence beyond the stratosphere," Globetrotters chief executive officer Kurt Schneider said in a news release.

9 of 38 comments (clear)

  1. Space jam? What about by i.r.id10t · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about Space Balls?

    --
    Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
    1. Re:Space jam? What about by hezekiah957 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't know about you, but my Schwartz wouldn't come anywhere near fitting in one of those shuttles.

  2. Press Release by bamboo7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Farnsworth: While you were gone, the Globetrotters held a press conference informing everyone that I was a 'jive sucka.'

    1. Re:Press Release by Darth_brooks · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hermes: I'm just glad my fat, ugly mother isn't around to see this.

      Farnsworth: Leave your promiscuous mother out of this!

      --
      There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
  3. In space... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even white men can jump.

  4. I see by pak9rabid · · Score: 4, Funny

    So this is how the Gobetrotters get their own planet. I guess NASA was impressed with their show-boating Globetrotter algebra enough to lend them a space shuttle.

  5. Send Bill Cosby up! by Megane · · Score: 2, Funny

    After all, he is an official honorary Harlem Globetrotter!

    And didn't they invent Jello Pudding for NASA or something? It's so high-tech, they must have.

    --
    #naabhaprzrag, #sverubfr-000, #agi-fcbafberq, negvpyr[pynff*=' negvpyr-ary-'] { qvfcynl: abar !vzcbegnag; }
  6. Sounds like an old McDonalds ad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Off the ISS, off the moon, nothing but net. now gimme my Big Mac.

  7. Oblig. by seandiggity · · Score: 2, Funny

    Johnson: Colonel, you better take a look at this radar.
    Colonel: What is it, son?
    Johnson: I don't know, sir, but it looks like a giant--
    Jet Pilot: Dick!
    Dick: Yeah?
    Jet Pilot: Take a look outta starboard.
    Dick: Oh, my God! it looks like a huge--
    Bird-Watching Woman: Pecker!
    Bird-Watching Man: [raising binoculars] Oh, where?
    Bird-Watching Woman: Wait! that's not a woodpecker, it looks like someone's--
    Army Sergeant: Privates! We have reports of an unidentified flying object! It is a long, smooth shaft, complete with--
    Baseball Umpire: 2 balls!

    --
    Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.-rms