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NASA Worker Falls To His Death On Launch Pad

Posted by Soulskill on from the rest-in-peace dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "Tragedy has struck NASA as the organization announced a space shuttle worker fell to his death at the Endeavour launch pad this morning. NASA said the United Space Alliance worker fell at approximately 7:40 am eastern at the NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. The launch pad is currently holding the space shuttle Endeavour, which is slated to launch on April 19."

3 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It looks like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A miscalculation caused a slip.

    Another metric vs english measurement unit malfunction for NASA?

    Yes. He was thinking in SI units and turned out the problem was in .... feet.

    Yes, I'm going to Hell.

  2. Re:Very sad news for Brevard by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have no doubt he died doing what he loved.

    Skydiving.

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  3. Re:Well... by Cinder6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Paraphrasing a quote I can't quite remember well enough to attribute to anyone:

    I'm not afraid of heights. I can look up at them all day. It's depths that bother me.

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