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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."

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  1. Sad but... by masterwit · · Score: 0, Troll

    This makes me sad, but I have to wonder how this is "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters."

    I mean are we going to start reporting all tech related deaths in every scientific industry?
    Perhaps we as a Slashdot community need a dual feed or a different tag:
    interest to the scientific community vs. news that matters for a bigger picture ...an "in-between" idle if you would.

    I am not an ass, however, and this is a sad story and I do feel for the family, coworkers, and friends.

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    We should start a new Slashdot and return control to the geeks. It actually wouldn't be that hard to get some users to